§ Mr. WARINGasked the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, what acreage was under barley crop last year in the counties of Banff, Elgin, Nairn, Inverness, Ross, Sutherland, Caithness, Orkney, Aberdeen, Kincardine, Forfar, and Perth; what was the number of bushels of barley produced last year in those counties; and whether he is aware that the whisky distillers in those counties purchased more than half the barley produced there?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYWe have no information as to the amount of barley purchased by distillers in the counties named. The acreage under barley and the quantity produced was as follows:—
County. Area. Production. 'Acres. Bushels. Banff … 8,051 274,466 Elgin or Moray … 11,261 370,087 Nairn … 3,026 81,051 Inverness … 7,158 182,632 Ross and Cromarty … 10,785 348,390 Sutherland … 784 25,190 Caithness … 936 26,776 Orkney … 4,386 156,617 Aberdeen … 20,061 678,752 Kincardine … 12,348 395,137 Forfar … 27,430 1,045,425 Perth … 10,278 405,542