HC Deb 05 August 1912 vol 41 cc2691-2W
Mr. JARDINE

asked the President of the Board of Agriculture what was the price paid for each of the eleven complete farms in Cambridgeshire, the twenty-eight complete farms in Somersetshire, and the thirteen complete farms in Worcestershire, purchased by the council of each county for small holdings purposes; and what was the total acreage of each farm?

Mr. RUNCIMAN

The particulars desired are as follows:—

Somerset County Council. Small Holdings and Allotments.—Schedule of Complete Farms Purchased for Small Holdings.
No. of Farm. Price. A. r. p.
£
1 6,100 167 0 29
2 1,575 81 2 17
3 5,500 91 3 16
4 2,000 42 2 22
5 5,000 89 1 36
6 2,800 71 0 14
7 5,650 106 3 12
8 2,200 117 0 11
9 2,400 57 3 14
10 4,000 190 0 11
11 2,800 48 1 20
12 4,450 185 3 37
13 2,800 49 1 1
14 3,100 62 1 1
15 4,750 194 1 16
16 4,000 66 1 21
17 1,889 34 1 14
18 2,400 47 3 20
19 4,100 60 2 37
20 3,350 41 2 28
21 4,600 66 1 8
22 2,800 45 3 23
23 * 15,500 336 2 27
24
25 3,600 131 3 18
26 1,440 42 1 23
27 2,700 45 3 27
28 3,600 125 2 23
* Two farms purchased together.
Wilts County Council. Small Holdings and Allotments.—Schedule of Complete Farms Purchased for Small Holdings.
No. of Farm. Price. A. r. p.
£
1 1,330 106 0 28
2 2,520 151 2 27
3 6,250 193 0 37
4 1,156 44 0 27
5 800 46 3 34
6 2,580 44 2 5
7 850 14 3 3
8 2,750 128 2 19
9 796 18 0 2
10 2,750 55 1 23
11 1,304 25 3 27
12 340 5 3 30
13 2,400 92 1 3
Cambridgeshire County Council. Small Holdings and Allotments.—Schedule of Complete Farms Purchased for Small Holdings.
No. of Farm. Price. A. r. p.
£
1 6,900 251 1 32
2 3,500 156 2 36
3 4,500 143 3 31
4 3,850 133 1 10
5 15,400 362 2 16
6 7,400 313 0 0
7 2,700 140 0 21
8 3,600 144 3 36
9 5,800 258 3 3
10 8,500 324 3 19
11 5,050 202 0 6

MARQUESS of TULLIBARDINE

asked the Secretary for Scotland under what statute the Board of Agriculture for Scotland claims to have compulsory powers to take land for small holdings; and whether the rent of a new or existing small holding under the Small Landholders (Scotland) Act is to be for the land alone and is not to include buildings, when the latter have been provided or paid for by the landlord in whole or in part?

Mr. McKINNON WOOD

Under Section 7 of the Small Landholders (Scotland) Act, the Board of Agriculture for Scotland may apply to the Land Court for the exercise of compulsory powers, which it is within the discretion of the Land Court to grant or refuse. The answer to the second part of the question is in the negative.