446 
Allotments and Small Holdings. 
figures in the third and fourth divisions of the Table show that 
the aggregate area of the much greater number of the smaller 
holdings is very much less than that of the much fewer larger 
ones. In fact, the figures for Great Britain as a whole show 
that not quite 15 per cent, of the total returned agricultural 
area (excluding holdings under 1 acre) is devoted to holdings 
from i to 50 acres. Wales, with its very small total agricultural 
area, shows, however, more than 28 per cent, comprised in the 
smaller holdings ; whilst Scotland with its larger, and England 
with its very much larger, total area, show an average of only 
about 14 per cent, in holdings from 1 to 50 acres. Again, the 
bottom division of the table shows that the size of the holdings 
in Great Britain from 1 to 50 acres averages only 13;^ acres, 
and that of those above 50 acres a little over 1G9 acres, whilst the 
average of all is about G1 acres. The details show that the 
average size of the smaller and of the larger holdings respec- 
tively is approximately the same in England, Scotland, and 
Great Britain as a whole; whilst in Wales that of the smaller 
is greater, and that of the larger is less, than in the other 
divisions of the country. Details not here given further show 
that more than two-fifths of the total agricultural area of Great 
Britain are comprised in holdings from 100 to 300 acres, and 
nearly three-fourths in those from 50 to 500 acres. 
Table III, p. 447, shows the number, and the proportion, of 
the smaller and of the larger holdings respectively, which are 
wholly permanent pasture, wholly arable, or partly permanent 
pasture and partly arable. 
It is seen that of the total number of holdings from 1 to 50 
acres in England, nearly half (48'2 per cent.) are wholly 
permanent pasture, next come those that are mixed pasture 
and arable (35’63 per cent.), and in much smaller number those 
that are arable only (16-17 per cent.). In Wales, as would be 
expected, the proportion of those wholly permanent pasture to 
those wholly arable is much greater, whilst those in mixed 
pasture and arable number considerably more than the other 
two put together. In Scotland, on the other hand, the larger 
number of the small holdings are entirely arable (5144 per 
cent.) ; next come those that are mixed pasture and arable 
(3943 per cent.) ; and there is a very small number wholly 
permanent pasture (943 per cent.). Lastly, in Great Britain 
as a whole, of the total number of the smaller holdings, 41 '28 
per cent, are in permanent pasture, 20-23 per cent, arable, and 
38‘49 per cent, in mixed pasture and arable. 
Next, comparing the number and the general agricultural 
conditions of the holdings above 50 acres in area, it is seen 
