§ 47. Mr. SAVERY (for Major CARVER)asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the five farms comprising the Patrington farm settlement are now all let to farmers by the Commissioners of Crown Lands; if not, whether the Crown is farming any of them itself; and what is the amount of any accumulated loss in the accounts of this settlement since 31st March, 1926, when it amounted to £100,457?
§ Sir J. GILMOURThe final loss on the Patrington Farm Settlement up to 5th April, 1927, when the Ministry's lease was surrendered to the Commissioners of Crown Lands, was, excluding net capital loss on property handed back to 2011 the Commissioners, £121,574. Of the five farms surrendered fay the Ministry to the Commissioners, three have been let and the remaining two have been since the date mentioned, and are still, farmed by the Crown. Subject to final examination of the accounts for 1932 the loss on the working of these two farms from 5th April, 1927, to 31st March, 1932, amounted to £21,039.