§ MR. ANDERSON (Elgin and Nairn)asked the Lord Advocate, Whether the Government are aware that Alexander Taylor is about to be evicted, at Whitsuntide, from his croft and house, at Lake of Moy, in the County of Elgin, the land having been enclosed, and the house built, by and at the expense of the father-in-law of Taylor 50 years ago; that Taylor has occupied the croft for several years, and has fulfilled all the conditions required by "The Crofters' Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1886;" whether, having regard to the fact that such an eviction could not take place in the adjoining County of Inverness by reason of the provisions of the Crofters Holdings Act, the Government will endeavour to prevent the threatened eviction being carried out on the 25th May, by means similar to those recently used, in Ireland by Sir Redvers Buller; and, whether the Government will consider the expediency of extending the Crofters' Holdings Act to the crofters and cottars in the Counties of Elgin and Nairn.
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND (Mr. J. P. B. ROBERTSON) (Bute)(who replied) said: The Lord Advocate has been informed that Alexander Taylor is removing from the Lake of Moy at Whitsun Day on an arrangement by which he receives a gratuity, and he is to occupy other premises on the same property. The Government have no intention of interfering in the matter, and are not prepared to make any proposal to extend the Crofters' Holdings Act to any other parts of Scotland. The matter was debated when the Crofters' Act was before the House 879 last year, and an Amendment to that effect was negatived.