§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether the Congested Districts Board have yet had under consideration the resolutions carried at a meeting of the crofters of the townships of Shader, Sheshader, Aird, and Portnaguran, in the Island of Lewis, urging that there is ample land contiguous to those townships not suitable for grazing, but which if cultivated would afford sustenance for the numerous cottars, &c, in these districts; and whether, with a view to relieve the present congestion, the board propose to make efforts to acquire the lands indicated?
MR. GRAHAM MURRAYThe Resolutions referred to by the honourable Member in favour of the creation of two-acre crofts were considered by the Congested Districts Board along with the statement to the same effect by the Landward Committee of the Stornoway Parish Council. The board's decision on the question of such inadequate holdings is given in their Report, page 17, and appendix No. III., which has been presented to Parliament.