§ MR. ALPHEUS C. MORTON (Peterborough)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland, whether he has received any 366 further information with regard to the proposed evictions at Kinrossie, Perthshire; whether the information that these crofters had made themselves offensive to the proprietors came from the sheriff's clerk who acted as factor for the Messrs. Naine; whether the charge that the crofters had made themselves offensive to the proprietors has been withdrawn; and, whether the sheriff's clerk, who acted as factor to the proprietors had any official knowledge of the eviction summonses.
§ THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Sir GEORGE TREVELYAN, Glasgow, Bridgeton)I have been informed that matters have been amicably arranged between the whole of the crofters and the landlord. I have copies of the agreements signed by the only two crofters who were to have been removed from the estate. Under these circumstances which I regard with much satisfaction, I do not propose to enter any further into the differences between the parties concerned. The summonses of removal would pass through the office of the sheriff clerk in the ordinary course.