§ Mr. LLEWELLYN-JONESasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade as representing the Forestry Commissioners, whether he can furnish information as to the extent to which afforestation is being carried on in North Wales; the number of acres which have been planted during the past five years in each of the North Wales counties; and the number of men now employed in connection with the afforestation schemes in each of the North Wales counties?
§ Mr. W. R. SMITHThe Forestry Commission's planting programme this season for North Wales is 2,517 acres. The answers to the remainder of the question are set out in the following table of figures:
County. Number of acres planted during last five years. Number of men now employed by the Commission. Carnarvon 1872 83 Flint — — Merioneth 4192 69 Montgomery 1512 69 Denbigh — 45