§ Mr. HURDasked the President of the Board of Trade in respect of farmers in England and Wales, the number of receiving orders in bankruptcy made during each month of the current year; the total number made during each of the preceding 30 years; what occupations in the same years showed a higher number of receiving orders; and, if any, what were the number and occupations, respectively?.
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMThe number of receiving orders made against farmers during each month of the six months of the current year were 16, 19, 32, 14, 20 and 21, respectively. The number of deeds of arrangement executed by farmers during the same months were 26, 32, 26, 17, 15 and 8, respectively, so that the total failures of farmers under both the Bankruptcy and Deeds of Arrangement Acts during those six months have been:
1266W(or highest) number of persons were in receipt of domiciliary relief.
As regards the second part of the question I have obtained the following particulars from the Minister of Labour:
January … 42 April … … 31 February … 51 May … … 35 March … 58 June … … 29 The figures for receiving orders only are not available for the preceding 30 years, but the total numbers of failures of farmers under the Bankruptcy and Deeds of Arrangement Acts have been as follow:—
Year. No. Year. No. 1901 … … 302 1916 … … 78 1902 … … 318 1917 … … 65 1903 … … 307 1918 … … 30 1904 … … 368 1919 … … 33 1905 … … 389 1920 … … 44 1906 … … 318 1921 … … 285 1907 … … 279 1922 … … 403 1908 … … 298 1923 … … 472 1909 … … 310 1924 … … 360 1910 … … 245 1925 … … 368 1911 … … 305 1926 … … 342 1912 … … 336 1927 … … 478 1913 … … 326 1928 … … 462 1914 … … 189 1929 … … 345 1915 … … 132 1930 … … 350 The failures among farmers were exceeded by those of builders in the years 1901 to 1912 inclusive and in the years 1914 to 1916 inclusive and in the year 1929; by those of grocers in the years 1901 to 1920 inclusive and in the years 1929 and 1930; by those of publicans in the years 1901 to 1908 inclusive and in 1910; by those of drapers during the years 1907, 1910, 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1920; by those of bakers in the years 1908 to 1910 inclusive and in the year 1915; by those of Army officers in 1919 and 1920; and by those of bootmakers in 1920. The failures among farmers were higher than 1267W those in any other occupation during the years 1921 to 1928 inclusive. The number of failures in the various occupations
— Builders. Grocers. Publicans. Drapers. Bakers. Army Officers. Boot-makers. 1901 … … 462 774 374 — — — — 1902 … … 458 720 363 — — — — 1903 … … 545 805 338 — — — — 1904 … … 574 778 398 — — — — 1905 … … 516 830 395 — — — — 1906 … … 508 804 380 — — — — 1907 … … 531 727 336 305 — — — 1908 … … 505 724 339 — 300 — — 1909 … … 367 834 — — 313 — — 1910 … … 394 742 253 330 247 — — 1911 … … 428 594 — — — — — 1912 … … 363 576 — — — — — 1913 … … — 526 — — — — — 1914 … … 215 379 — — — — — 1915 … … 192 374 — — 240 — — 1916 … … 112 247 — 82 — — — 1917 … … — 171 — 66 — — — 1918 … … — 51 — 33 — — — 1919 … … — 41 — — — 53 — 1920 … … — 113 — 73 — 48 61 1929 … … 352 371 — — — — — 1930 … … — 370 — — — — —