§ Mr. LAMBasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state for each of the years 1913 to 1922, the total number of receiving orders and deeds of arrangements made in the case of farmers; and the total liabilities involved?
§ Viscount WOLMERThe total number of receiving orders and deeds of arrangement made in the case of farmers in each of the years 1913 to 1922, and the amount of liabilities for each year, are as follow:
Year. No. of Cases. Liabilities. £ 1913 … 326 340,018 1914 … 189 208,283 1915 … 132 104,765 1916 … 78 69,673 1917 … 65 67,844 1918 … 30 53,820 1919 … 33 60,263 1920 … 44 108,139 1921 … 285 826,792 1922 … 404 768,561 (approximate)