§ Mr. GOULDasked the Minister of Agriculture the number of new holdings provided by the Somerset County Council during the last five years, respectively?
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§ Dr. ADDISONThe figures supplied by the county council are as follow:
These numbers include additions to existing holdings.
1926 … 1 1927 … 6 1928 … 9 1929 … 4 1930 (to 30th September) … 15
§ Mr. GOULDasked the Minister of Agriculture the number of smallholders now occupied under the Somerset County Council, together with the number now on the waiting list?
§ Dr. ADDISONOn 31st December, 1929, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 1,090 tenants in occupation of holdings provided by the Somerset County Council. The number of applicants on the waiting list was 70.
§ Mr. GOULDasked the Minister of Agriculture the average acreage per holding and the average price per acre of the holdings under the Somerset County Council?
§ Dr. ADDISONThe last annual return received from the Somerset County Council shows that the average size of the smallholdings provided by the council was 19¾ acres, and the average rent, including equipment, £2 13s. 9d. per acre.