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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
asked the Lord Advocate, with reference to the recent parliamentary answer that it is illegal to vote twice in a referendum, whether he will institute prosecutions for incitement to commit an electoral offence against any person or body who urges and
| HOLDINGS IN WALES BY FORM OF TENURE (a) NUMBERS, (b) TOTAL AREA | |||||||||
| 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | ||
| Number | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number | ||
| Wholly owned | … | 18,502 | 18,383 | 17,716 | 17,239 | 17,457 | 16,749 | 17,232 | 17,383 |
| Wholly rented | … | 10,614 | 9,735 | 8,744 | 8,446 | 8,417 | 7,504 | 7,160 | 6,857 |
| 50% or more owned | … | 4,541 | 5,028 | 4,970 | 4,741 | 4,584 | 5,369 | 5,312 | 5,083 |
| 50% or more rented | … | 2,527 | 2,151 | 2,591 | 2,462 | 2,354 | 2,831 | 2,896 | 2,673 |
| TOTALS | … | 36,184 | 35,297 | 34,021 | 32,888 | 32,812 | 32,453 | 32,600 | 31,996 |
| Hectares | Hectares | Hectares | Hectares | Hectares | Hectares | Hectares | Hectares(000s) | ||
| Wholly owned | … | 705·6 | 723·3 | 722·1 | 714·7 | 727·6 | 689·0 | 695·5 | 716·1 |
| Wholly rented | … | 414·5 | 376·1 | 355·0 | 354·2 | 353·7 | 318·0 | 302·7 | 299·1 |
| 50% or more owned | … | 240·9 | 262·9 | 263·5 | 267·4 | 259·5 | 306·4 | 319·3 | 311·2 |
| 50% or more rented | … | 145·3 | 135·8 | 151·7 | 152·5 | 152·1 | 181·1 | 185·2 | 174·8 |
| TOTALS | … | 1,506·3 | 1,498·1 | 1,492·2 | 1,488·8 | 1,492·9 | 1,494·4 | 1,502·7 | 1,501·3 |