§ Sir ARTHUR MARKHAMasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture the total number of male persons engaged in agriculture according to the latest figures he has available?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYThe following statement will give the information desired:— Number of males aged ten years and upwards returned at the Census of 1901 as engaged in agriculture in Great Britain: England and Wales, 1,071,040; Scotland, 169,130—Great Britain, 1,240,170.