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Mr. HOGGE
asked the Secretary for Scotland how many application have been made under the Small Landholders (Scotland) Act, 1911, for new holdings and enlargements up to and including 30th June, 1914; and how many of those have not got beyond the stage of application?
Mr. McKINNON WOOD
The following are the numbers of applications for new holdings and enlargements received by the Board of Agriculture for Scotland under the Small Landholders (Scotland) Act, 1911, up to and including 30th June, 1914:—
| No. | County. | New Holdings. | Enlargements. | Total. |
| 1 | Aberdeen | 60 | 14 | 74 |
| 2 | Argyll | 796 | 341 | 1,137 |
| 3 | Ayr | 86 | 1 | 87 |
| 4 | Banff | 19 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Berwick | 35 | 1 | 36 |
| 6 | Bute | 28 | 53 | 81 |
| 7 | Caithness | 258 | 263 | 521 |
| 8 | Clackmannan | 6 | — | 6 |
| 9 | Dumbarton | 30 | 3 | 33 |
| 10 | Dumfries | 83 | 5 | 88 |
| 11 | Elgin | 40 | 12 | 52 |
| 12 | Fife | 63 | 3 | 66 |
| 13 | Forfar | 28 | 4 | 32 |
| 14 | Haddington | 14 | — | 14 |
| 15 | Inverness | 1,248 | 1,173 | 2,421 |
| 16 | Kincardine | 31 | 3 | 34 |
| 17 | Kinross | 6 | — | 6 |
| 18 | Kirkcudbright | 47 | 1 | 48 |
| 19 | Lanark | 190 | 3 | 193 |
| 20 | Linlithgow | 12 | — | 12 |
| 21 | Midlothian | 64 | 1 | 65 |
| 22 | Nairn | 4 | — | 4 |
| 23 | Orkney | 103 | 131 | 234 |
| 24 | Peebles | 25 | 1 | 26 |
| 25 | Perth | 102 | 31 | 133 |
| 26 | Renfrew | 40 | 1 | 41 |
| 27 | Ross and Cromarty | 1,043 | 676 | 1,719 |
| 28 | Roxburgh | 87 | 9 | 96 |
| 29 | Selkirk | 20 | — | 20 |
| 30 | Stirling | 25 | 1 | 26 |
| 31 | Sutherland | 236 | 464 | 700 |
| 32 | Wigtown | 93 | 5 | 98 |
| 33 | Zetland | 293 | 576 | 869 |
| Total | 5,215 | 3,784 | 8,999 |