§ Mr. OUTHWAITEasked the President of the Board of Agriculture the number of persons directly dependent upon agriculture for a living in Great Britain in each of the following years: 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, and 1911; the number of men employed for wages in agriculture in each of these years in England, Wales, and Scotland, respectively; and the acreage under the plough, under wheat, and in permanent pasture?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe Census figures for 1911 are not yet available, but the following statements give so far as possible the information desired:—