§ Sir A. SINCLAIRasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many credit societies have been formed in each county of England, Scotland and Wales; how much money has been paid into the agriculture credits account; and what advances have been made to agriculture credit societies under the provisions of the Agriculture Credits Act of 1923?
Mr. WOODAgricultural credit societies have been registered in the following counties:
The Paymaster-General was authorized by the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury in March, 1924, to transfer a sum of £440,000 to the Agricul822W
Number Cornwall 2 Bedfordshire 2 East Sussex 1 Kent 1 Lancashire 1 Inverness and Boss (Beauly District) 1 Renfrewshire 1 Kincardineshire 1 March in this year, and also for the preceding two years, were as follow:
tural Credits Account and £60,000 to the Agricultural Credits (Scotland) Account. The advances made to agricultural credit societies up to the present in England and Wales amount to just under £2,000. No advances have yet been made to credit societies in Scotland.