LANDED ESTATES (PUBLIC COMPANIES).

HC Deb 06 March 1930 vol 236 cc669-70W

Mr. MIDDLETON

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many personal landed estates have been converted into public companies during the years 1927, 1928 and 1929, respectively?

Mr. W. GRAHAM

The numbers of companies of the kind registered in England during the years 1927, 1928 and 1929 were 19, 14 and 5, respectively, total 38. Of this total, two were registered as public companies, and the rest as private companies.