§ DR. R. MACDONALD (Ross and Cromarty)asked the Secretary for Scotland, Whether he is aware, or, if not aware, whether he will make inquiry as to the allegation that a great many of the Crofters in Lewis and Skye are unable to make their applications to the Crofters' Commission, through inability to pay the preliminary fees; and, in the event of this allegation being found true, whether he can see his way in such cases to dispense with the ordinary fees?
§ THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)I was not aware that any such allegation had been made; I will inquire into the matter, and, if necessary, communicate with the Treasury, by whom, under the Crofters' Act, the scale of fees fixed by the Crofters' Commission has been approved.