§ Mr. MORRELLasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether he will now give particulars of the working of the Small Holdings Act up to the 31st December, 1910, similar to the particulars given in answer to a question on the 12th November, 1908, and showing for each county the total number of applicants; number of approved applicants; estimated acreage still required for applicants; quantity of land already acquired; number of applicants provided 2031W for by the council or the Board; with any remarks thereon?
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County Number of applications received. Number of applications provisionally approved. Quantity of land acquired or agreed to be acquired. Number of applicants provided for Acreage which the Council estimate is still required for approved applicants. By the Council. By private landowners. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. ENGLAND. Acres. Acres. Bedford 818 — 2,483 318 51 821 Berks 405 187 1,932 80 23 1,828 Buckingham 607 350 2,210 107 15 3,500 Cambridge 1,454 1,063 4,066 586 20 6,510 Isle of Ely 1,669 1,288 2,282 341 No information 1,400 Chester 339 308 2,109 114 37 4,194 Cornwall 622 366 2,364 124 62 2,322 Cumberland 102 72 372 24 20 143 Derby 179 112 266 8 13 607 Devon 761 584 2,405 160 153 4,097 Dorset 382 196 1,247 44 94 1,897 Durham 447 399 1,060 47 18 3,401 Essex 607 239 1,586 111 44 1,869 Gloucester 754 — 1,547 151 108 2,572 Hants 682 364 982 80 31 4,599 Isle of Wight 142 90 562 43 No information 148 Hereford 426 — 1,375 79 41 1,627 Hertford 339 — 1,473 97 7 2,008 Huntingdon 662 345 2,552 251 No information 1,489 Kent 824 527 1,463 90 41 1,925 Lancaster 369 256 453 79 23 1,261 Leicester 429 212 1,832 100 No information 1,000 Lincoln, Parts of Holland 785 650 2,003 133 — 7,477 Lincoln, Parts of Kesteven 375 240 2,875 150 — 1,085 Lincoln, Parts of Lindsey 673 565 2,202 147 21 7,300 London 73 11 — — 1 245 Middlesex 219 106 113 12 No information 756 Monmouth 381 239 2,074 90 3 3,243 Norfolk 2,074 1,052 6,232 595 35 3,610 Northampton 457 222 1,823 147 50 679 Soke of Peterborough 119 — 246 14 No information 95 Northumberland 551 307 2,256 75 30 4,791 Notts 298 — 641 30 No information 200 Oxford 728 464 2,137 143 117 1,200 Rutland 100 54 234 27 16 60 Salop 543 313 1,466 80 76 2,613 Somerset 2,106 1,182 4,136 282 84 11,588 Stafford 303 168 1,037 39 64 1,019 Suffolk, East 333 121 595 42 26 303 Suffolk, West 339 147 756 96 35 468 Surrey 372 196 627 52 20 847 Sussex, East 208 108 236 19 42 730 Sussex, West 146 89 37 5 28 520 Warwick 491 — 1,046 61 55 764 Westmorland 44 17 80 8 5 30 Wilts 1,049 484 2,311 188 118 6,032 Worcester 1,102 — 1,313 236 101 1,440 York, E. Riding 665 156 2,087 108 28 1,395 York, N. Riding 299 146 84 7 19 1,991 York, W. Riding 362 — 1,348 54 43 1,428 Isles of Scilly — — — — — — Total 28,214 13,995 76,816 5,869 1,818 111,127
§ Sir E. STRACHEYThe following table gives the information desired:—
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County Number of applications received. Number of applications provisionally approved. Quantity of land acquired or agreed to be acquired. Number of applicants provided for Acreage which the Council estimate is still required for approved applicants. By the Council. By private landowners. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. WALES. Anglesey … 277 263 527 17 21 5,254 Brecon … 236 230 224 11 41 3,358 Cardigan … 231 — 1,431 29 6 1,000 Carmarthen … 189 69 277 20 13 415 Carnarvon … 132 — 2,290 63 5 630 Denbigh … 236 173 1,331 56 26 1,565 Flint … 243 133 252 15 20 1,101 Glamorgan … 422 — 1,442 48 14 No estimate supplied. Merioneth … 88 64 377 15 7 732 Montgomery … 284 208 2,358 91 113 1,128 Pembroke … 208 148 1,598 47 9 900 Radnor … 126 85 330 19 27 46 Total … 2,672 1,373 12,437 431 302 16,129 ENSLAND AND WALES … 30,886 15,368 89,253 6,300 2,120 127,256 NOTES.
COL. 2.—In those cases where no figures are given the Councils have not supplied complete information either because they have not yet considered all the applications, or because no record has been kept, or because no decision is arrived at until land is on the point of being acquired. The total of this column does not represent therefore the whole number of approved applicants.
COL. 4.—The figures given in this column represent the number of holdings actually let or sold on 31st December. 1910, together with the estimated number of holdings which will be provided on laud which the Councils have acquired but of which they have not obtained vacant possession.
COL,. 6.—The figures in this column have been supplied by the Councils, but they must be regarded as only approximate estimates. In some cases the acreage stated includes the whole demand of all the applicants remaining on the Council's books, which will probably be considerably reduced on further investigation, and in other cases the Board have reason to believe that the estimate is too small.