§ Mr. Monroasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many hill farms or parts of hill farms in Dumfriesshire have been purchased for forestry planting in each of the last 10 years.
§ 2. Mr. RossThe following is the information:
Acquired by the Forestry Commission
1958 3 1959 3 1960 3 1961 4 1962 2 1963 2 1964 1 1965 3 1966 5 1967 6 32 Acquired by private owners
Figures are available for the following years only:
1965 3 1966 4 1967 3
§ Mr. Monroasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the net gain or loss of jobs in Dumfriesshire during the period 1965 to 1970 by the movement from hill fanning to forestry.
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§ Mr. RossIt is estimated that there will be a net gain of work for about 23 men as a result of planting by the Forestry Commission.
I regret that I have no similar information about private forestry.
§ Mr. Monroasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many acres in Dumfriesshire were under trees in 1947, 1957 and 1967, respectively.
§ Mr. Monroasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many acres of hill land in Dumfriesshire have been planted with trees for the first time in each of the last 10 years;
(2) what estimate he has made of the number of acres of hill land in Dumfriesshire which will be planted with trees in 1968 and 1969, respectively.
§ Mr. RossThe following is the information for planting on hill land and land of comparable type:
Year Acres 1958 1,050 1959 978 1960 1,150 1961 1,404 1962 1,966 1963 1,998 1964 1,529 1965 1,444 1966 2,297 1967 4,940 1968 5,250 1969 (estimated) 6,660