HC Deb 02 February 1943 vol 386 cc768-9W
Major McCallum

asked the right hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, the total number of acres of ground controlled by the Commissioners in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively?

Sir G. Courthope

The total number of acres of ground controlled by the Forestry Commissioners in England is 459,000, in Scotland 603,000 and in Wales 170,000.

Major McCallum

asked the right hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, how many acres of ground are controlled by the Commissioners in the county of Argyll; and how many in each of the other counties of Scotland in which they operate?

Sir G. Courthope

210,000 acres of ground are controlled by the Forestry Commissioners in the county of Argyll; the acreage controlled by them in other counties of Scotland is as follows:

Aberdeen 41,500
Angus 2,500
Ayr 2,000
Banff 3,000
Berwick 2,000
Dumfries 19,500
Fife 7,500
Inverness 93,000
Kincardine 11,000
Kinross 1,500
Kirkcudbright 74,000
Moray 17,000
Nairn 1,000
Peebles 4,000
Perth 29,500
Ross and Cromarty 54,000
Roxburgh 7,500
Selkirk 1,000
Skye 8,500
Stirling 8,500
Sutherland 4,000
Wigtown 500