§ 73. Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Agriculture to state, in tabular form, the acreage under control of the county agricultural committees at the latest available date, showing the profit or loss on their farming operations.
§ Sir T. DugdaleFor figures on profit and loss, I would refer my hon. Friend to Volume II of the Trading Accounts and Balance Sheets 1951–52. The reply62W to the first part of the Question is as follows:
LAND UNDER THE CONTROL OF COUNTY AGRICULTURAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES IN ENGLAND AND WALES AT 31ST JANUARY, 1953 Committee Land held by Committees Land held by Service or Supply Departments Total Acres Acres Acres ENGLAND Bedfordshire 206 401 607 Berkshire 414 228 642 Bucks 296 1,968 2,264 Cambs. 380 707 1,087 Cheshire 2,649 536 3,185 Cornwall 898 342 1,240 Cumberland — 728 728 Derby 940 215 1,155 Devon 263 52 315 Dorset 743 — 743 Durham 4 — 4 Essex 1,814 3,324 5,138 Gloucester 570 — 570 Hants. 743 — 743 Hereford 736 540 1,276 Hertford 608 — 608 Hunts. and Soke of Peterborough 57 1,234 1,291 Isle of Ely — 701 701 Kent 1,588 — 1,588 Lancashire 50 — 50 Leicester 274 1,494 1,768 Lincs. (Holland) — 319 319 Lincs. (Kesteven) 264 251 515 Lincs. (Lindsey) 2 2,289 2,291 Middlesex 35 — 35 Norfolk 311 1,714 2,025 Northampton 678 964 1,642 Northumberland 22 210 232 Notts. 78 794 872 Oxford 218 140 358 Salop — 918 918 Somerset 703 — 703 Staffs. 12 520 532 Suffolk, East 208 2,218 2,426 Suffolk, West 1,725 1,054 2,779 Surrey 1,232 — 1,232 Sussex, East 622 — 622 Sussex, West 36 1,989 2,025 Warwick 126 532 658 Wilts. 278 785 1,063 Worcester 607 — 607 Yorks.— East Riding — 1,238 1,238 North Riding 345 1,126 1,471 West Riding 382 757 1,139 WALES Anglesey 41 — 41 Cardigan 145 — 145 Denbighshire — 134 134 Flint 165 — 165 Glamorgan 86 — 86 Montgomery 6 — 6 Pembroke — 567 567 Radnor 186 — 186 TOTAL 21,746 30,989 52,735