§ Major McCallumasked the right hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, the 769W total number of acres of ground controlled by the Commissioners in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively?
§ Sir G. CourthopeThe total number of acres of ground controlled by the Forestry Commissioners in England is 459,000, in Scotland 603,000 and in Wales 170,000.
§ Major McCallumasked the right hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, how many acres of ground are controlled by the Commissioners in the county of Argyll; and how many in each of the other counties of Scotland in which they operate?
§ Sir G. Courthope210,000 acres of ground are controlled by the Forestry Commissioners in the county of Argyll; the acreage controlled by them in other counties of Scotland is as follows:
Aberdeen … … 41,500 Angus … … 2,500 Ayr … … 2,000 Banff … … 3,000 Berwick … … 2,000 Dumfries … … 19,500 Fife … … 7,500 Inverness … … 93,000 Kincardine … … 11,000 Kinross … … 1,500 Kirkcudbright … … 74,000 Moray … … 17,000 Nairn … … 1,000 Peebles … … 4,000 Perth … … 29,500 Ross and Cromarty … … 54,000 Roxburgh … … 7,500 Selkirk … … 1,000 Skye … … 8,500 Stirling … … 8,500 Sutherland … … 4,000 Wigtown … … 500