§ Mr. LUMLEYasked the Minister of Agriculture when the reclamation of land at Sunk Island, in the Humber, was 1947W begun; when it was finished; what was the acreage of the land reclaimed; to what use is the land put at present; and what is the annual revenue accruing to the Crown from the land reclaimed?
§ Mr. BUXTONThe reclamation of Sunk Island is believed to have been begun in the latter part of the seventeenth century, and has continued at intervals, as and when sufficient areas of land accreted naturally, since that time. The most recent inclosure was completed in the year 1894. The total area of Sunk Island is approximately 10,500 acres, of which between 8,000 and 9,000 acres have been embanked and reclaimed in the last 200 years. The whole island is devoted to agriculture and is let as farms, farm settlements and email holdings at a gross rental of £11,200 a year.