§ Mr. CLOUGHasked the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, if he can state the number of peasant proprietors, the total number of acres that they have bought, and the value of their purchases, that have resulted from the enactment of the Small Holdings Act, 1892?
§ Sir E. STRACHEY385 acres have been purchased by the county councils for £17,277, and re-sold to 60 small holders to 31st December last.