§ Major Raynerasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will state the figures for and against the milk marketing scheme which were recorded at the initial poll of the industry on the subject?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonThe following are the figures:
Number of producers registered on the qualifying date (19th August, 1933) 109,470 Number of registered producers entitled to vote 98,505 Number of registered producers exempted from registration under the scheme and not entitled to vote 10,965 109,470 Number of votes cast in favour of the scheme 84,496 Number of votes cast against the scheme 3,136 Spoilt voting papers 281 87,913 Number of cows in possession of registered producers voting in favour of the scheme 1,504,060 Number of cows in possession of registered producers voting against the scheme 52,798