§ 72. Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of horticultural officers in die National Agricultural Advisory Service on the latest available date; and the corresponding figure for the previous year.
§ Mr. GodberThere were 148 horticultural advisory officers in post on 1st January, 1960, and 152 on 1st January, 1959. These figures do not include the horticultural officers on experimental horticultural stations who numbered 34 in 1960 and 31 in 1959.