Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Mining Industry. – in the House of Commons am ar 7 Rhagfyr 1926.
Mr Benjamin Riley
, Dewsbury
asked the Minister of Agriculture the area of land acquired by county councils under the Smallholdings Act, 1892: and the number of smallholdings established under that Act down to the end of 1907?
Mr. GUINNESS:
The area of land acquired by county councils under the Smallholdings Act, 1892, up to the 31st December, 1907, and still held by them on that date was 881½ acres. The number of holdings provided on this area was 245, including three let respectively to a committee, an association and a parish council.
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