§ Mr. YERBURGHasked whether, in 1907, the number of agricultural holdings in Lancashire was 22,246, of which 17,584 did not exceed fifty acres each in extent; whether 2,927 were from fifty to 100 acres each; whether, of the 1,735 over 100 acres each, a considerable proportion were either hill or moorland farms unsuitable for small holdings; and whether these figures will be brought up to date?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYThe number of agricultural holdings exceeding one acre in Lancashire as returned in 1907 was 19,770, of which those not exceeding fifty acres were 14,523. The returns do not show the numbers between 50 and 100 acres, but the numbers between 50 and 300 acres was 5,161. In 1910 the corresponding figures were 19,397, 14,219, and 5,103. Hill and moorland farms are not separately distinguished.