§ Mr. RENDALLasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he will, in conjunction with the Board of Trade, agree to a Return being made giving the statistics about the bankruptcy and liquidation of farmers of all classes in the last four quinquennial periods?
Mr. ROBERTSONThe following is the table referred to in my spoken reply to the hon. Member's question:—
FAILURES OF FARMERS (ENGLAND AND WALES)
Number of Failures of Farmers, in Bankruptcy of under Deeds of Arrangement, and Amount of Assets and Liabilities, as estimated by Debtors, in the last four quinquennial periods.
Period. Number of Failures. Assets. Liabilities. £ £ 1891–1895 … 2,292 1,162,751 2,988,896 1896–1900 … 1,700 731,270 1,730,689 1901–1905 … 1,684 877,900 1,749,361 1906–1910 … 1,450 681,039 1,451,840