asked the President of the Board of Agriculture in what counties of England and Wales some system of colonisation has been adopted in connection with small holdings; and what is the nature of the system adopted in each of such counties?

The following statement shows the number of estates exceeding 600 acres which have been acquired by county councils for the purpose of small holdings:—

County.	Parish.		Acreage.	No. of Holdings.
Berks	Charney Bassett	…	1,363	22 and 447 acres let to Small Holdings Association.
	East Hanney	…
	Stanford in the Yale	…
	Hatford	…
Cambridge	Soham	…	660	24
Cheshire	Ledsham	…	854	82
	Haslington	…	735	19
	Ridley	…	1,159	Not yet divided.
Dorset	Winterborne Zelston	…	783	23
Northumberland	East Heddon	…	886	21
	Broomley	…	813	Not vet divided.
Leicester	Misterton and Lutterworth	…	776	18
West Suffolk	Mildenhall	…	721	109
York, East Biding	Skidby and Coltingham	…	607	27
York, West Riding	Minskip	…	608	15
Carnarvon	Llaniestyn (Madryn Estate)	…	2,239	Not yet divided.
Merioneth	Llanfachreth	…	825 (Including Sheep Walk)	9
	Gwyddelwern and Carrog	…	965	Not yet divided.
Montgomery	Llanwnog (Gregynog Estate)	…	1,983	51 small holders on 978 acres; remainder not yet divided.
Pembroke	St. Dogwells	…	1,318	32

Farms not included in the above statement have also been let to thirty-nine small holdings associations, and have been divided by them among their members.