MR. MACDONALD CAMERON (, &c.) Wickasked the Lord Advocate, What amount of money was received by the Government for the sale of the Crown Lands or Bishopric Revenues of Orkney; and, to what purpose was the money so received devoted?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. H. A. MACDONALD) (Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities)The amount of money received for the sale of Crown Lands or Bishopric Revenues of Orkney is £50,465 17s. 9d. It was not received 528 by the Government, but by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, as part of the capital of the Land Revenues of the Crown, and applied in accordance with the Land Revenue Acts of Parliament to the purchase of real estate for the Crown, or to extinguish charges on other property of the Crown Land Revenues.
MR. MACDONALD CAMERONasked, whether the right hon. and learned Gentleman could state what portion of this money was devoted to the extension of public parks in London?
§ MR. J. H. A. MACDONALDI am quite unable to answer that Question.