§ Mr. SMITH-CARINGTONasked the Minister of Agriculture the total number of horses, including ponies, in Great Britain in 1913 and in 1928, 1929, and 1930?
§ Dr. ADDISONThe returns collected by the Ministry and by the Department of Agriculture for Scotland relate only to agricultural holdings exceeding one acre. The total numbers of horses (including ponies) on such holdings in Great Britain in the years mentioned were as follow:
No information is available as to the total number of horses in Great Britain in the above years, but a census taken by the Board of Trade in 1917, 1920 and 1924 showed that the total numbers of horses (including ponies) in Great Britain in these years were:
1913 … … … 1,606,587 1928 … … … 1,204,198 1929 … … … 1,160,278 1930 … … … 1,117,669
1917 … … … 2,079,122 1920 … … … 2,081,457 1924 … … … 1,892,205