§ Mr. HOGGEasked the Secretary for Scotland whether he is now in a position to say how many applications for land under the Smallholders Act have been made up to 31st December, 1912; how much land has been applied for; and how these applications have been dealt with up to the same date?
Mr. McKINNON WOODThe number of applicants for land up to and including 31st December, 1912, was as follows:—
It is not possible to say how much land has been applied for, as many of the applicants do not state any fixed amount, and in the Highlands many apply for common pasture.
County. Applicants for New Holdings. Applicants for Enlargements. Total Applicants. Aberdeen 13 2 15 Argyll 532 232 764 Ayr 42 — 42 Banff 7 6 13 Berwick 6 — 6 Bute 20 50 70 Caithness 151 156 307 Clackmannan — — — Dumbarton 17 3 20 Dumfries 34 4 38 Edinburgh 25 1 26 Elgin 17 3 20 Fife 40 1 41 Forfar 12 4 16 Haddington 6 — 6 Inverness 980 662 1;642 Kincardine 11 8 14 Kinross 5 — 5 Kirkcudbright 21 1 22 Lanark 108 — 108 Linlithgow 7 — 7 Nairn 3 — 3 Orkney 60 84 144 Peebles 13 — 13 Perth 37 27 64 Renfrew 23 1 24 Ross-shire 758 211 969 Roxburgh 31 — 31 Selkirk 11 — 11 Stirling 12 1 13 Sutherland 166 226 392 Wigtown 29 3 32 Zetland 173 301 474 3,370 1,982 5,852