HC Deb 20 May 1892 vol 4 cc1444-5
MR. CALDWELL(for Mr. FRASER-MACKINTOSH,) Inverness-shire

I beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether landlords in Scotland are bound to uphold corn mills, used from time immemorial by the tenants; and, if not, whether he will introduce a measure dealing with such cases as those of Arisaig, where, from the discontinuance of the mill by a former owner, the tenants have to send their grinding corn to the Island of Eigg, many miles distant, and where they are often detained a week from stress of weather?

*THE LORD ADVOCATE (Sir C. J. PEARSON,) Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities

I am not aware of any obligation on the part of landlords to uphold corn mills. So far as I can ascertain, no grievance exists, and no corn is grown in the district referred to with the view of being ground in Eigg or elsewhere.