§ 71. Lieut.-Colonel Corbettasked the Minister of Agriculture the amount paid annually by farmers to the banks as interest on overdraft and to the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation as loan charges, respectively.
§ Mr. T. WilliamsNo figures are available for farmers' interest payments to banks. The accounts of the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation show a receipt of £311,000 in 1945–6 from interest on mortgage and improvement loans; the recipients of these loans include both farmer owner-occupiers and other agricultural landowners.