HC Deb 09 May 1928 vol 217 cc249-50W
Sir A. SINCLAIR

asked the secretary of State for Scotland how tiny new holdings have been constituted in each county in Scotland since the beginning of 1919?

Sir J. GILMOUR

The following table shows the number of small holdings and enlargements of existing holdings formed by the Board of Agriculture for Scotland in each county in Scotland during the period from 1st January, 1919, to 31st December, 1927:

County. New Holdinqs. Enlargements.
Aberdeen 42
Argyll 133 42
Ayr 95 2
Banff 2
Berwick 95
Bute 25 4
Caithness 147 59
Clackmannan
Dumfries 144
Dumbarton 21
East Lothian 45
Fife 73
Forfar 37

County. New Holdinqs. Enlargements.
Inverness—
Mainland 97 23
Skye 313 147
Harris 58 27
North Uist 84 87
South Uist 64 47
Barra 66 33
Kincardine 27
Kinross
Kirkcudbright 74
Lanark
Midlothian 41
Moray
Nairn
Orkney 6 20
Peebles 19
Perth 53
Renfrew 19
Ross—
Mainland 87 83
Lewis 251 278
Roxburgh
Selkirk
Shetland 74 149
Stirling
Sutherland 70 207
West Lothian 18
Wigtown 11
Total 2,291 1,208