§ Sir A. SINCLAIRasked the secretary of State for Scotland how tiny new holdings have been constituted in each county in Scotland since the beginning of 1919?
§ Sir J. GILMOURThe following table shows the number of small holdings and enlargements of existing holdings formed by the Board of Agriculture for Scotland in each county in Scotland during the period from 1st January, 1919, to 31st December, 1927:
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County. New Holdinqs. Enlargements. Aberdeen … 42 — Argyll … 133 42 Ayr … 95 2 Banff … 2 — Berwick … 95 — Bute … 25 4 Caithness … 147 59 Clackmannan … — — Dumfries … 144 — Dumbarton … 21 — East Lothian … 45 — Fife … 73 — Forfar … 37 —
County. New Holdinqs. Enlargements. Inverness— … Mainland … 97 23 Skye … 313 147 Harris … 58 27 North Uist … 84 87 South Uist … 64 47 Barra … 66 33 Kincardine … 27 — Kinross … — — Kirkcudbright … 74 — Lanark … — — Midlothian … 41 — Moray … — — Nairn … — — Orkney … 6 20 Peebles … 19 — Perth … 53 — Renfrew … 19 — Ross— Mainland … 87 83 Lewis … 251 278 Roxburgh … — — Selkirk … — — Shetland … 74 149 Stirling … — — Sutherland … 70 207 West Lothian … 18 — Wigtown … 11 — Total … 2,291 1,208