HC Deb 01 February 1944 vol 396 c1152W
Mr. Davidson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of Scottish land purchases by private trusts, companies or individuals during the past nine months; and the total acreage of such purchases.

Mr. Johnston

The number of separate plots of ground of one acre or over recorded in the General Register of Sasines for the nine months to 26th January, 1944, is as follows:

County. Number of Purchases
1. Aberdeen … 241
2. Argyll … 52
3. Ayr … 113
4. Banff … 60
5. Berwick … 16
6. Bute … 2
7. Caithness … 24
8. Clackmannan … 3
9. Dunbarton … 6
10. Dumfries … 68
11. East Lothian … 13
12. Edinburgh … 15
13. Elgin and Forres … 10
14. Fife … 88
15. Forfar … 42
16. Glasgow … 3
17. Inverness … 82
18. Kincardine … 40
19. Kinross … 12
20. Kirkcudbright … 37
21. Lanark … 52
22. Nairn … 2
23. Orkney and Zetland … 57
24. Peebles … 10
25. Perth … 104
26. Renfrew … 27
27. Ross and Cromarty … 21
28. Roxburgh … 30
29. Selkirk … 6
30. Stirling … 90
31. Sutherland … 16
32. West Lothian … 8
33. Wigtown … 27
1,377

As some of the deeds of transfer do not specify the extent of the land transferred, I regret that information as to the total acreage involved is not available.