§ Mr. C. DAVIESasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, for each county in Wales, for the years 1913 and 1929, respectively, how many acres of woodland consisted of coppice, coppice with standards, and scrub; how many acres were felled and devastated; how many uneconomic; how many acres consisted of conifers, hardwoods, and mixed conifers and hardwoods of one to 10 years; how many acres were planted in each class above 10 years; how many acres are being planted this season; and how many men are being employed?
§ Mr. W. R. SMITHThe information sought for the years 1913 and 1929 is not available. Similar statistics were, however, published in 1928 in the Report on the Census of Woodlands, 1924, pages 34–37, to which the hon. Member is referred. The Forestry Commission's planting programme in Wales for the season now ending and the number of persons employed in Wales are shown in the following table:
County. Acreage of planting. Number employed. Brecon 202 26 Cardigan 369 23 Carmarthen 437 37 Carnarvon 761 81 Denbigh 300 43 Glamorgan 708 44 Merioneth 779 57 Monmouth 361 136 Montgomery 576 59 Radnor 195 28 Others — —