§ MR. HARMSWORTH (Caithness)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate, as representing the Secretary for Scotland, if he can state why the applications for allotments from residents in the parishes of Dunnet, Latheron, Thurso, and Wick, Caithness, under Section 26 of the Local Government Act, were refused.
*MR. A. GRAHAM MURRAYThe Local Government Board are informed that in the parishes of Dunnet and Wick land for allotments could not be obtained by voluntary agreement, and in the parishes of Latheron and Thurso ground could only be had to a limited extent. The parish councils of Dunnet and Wick were of opinion that the expense of putting the compulsory clauses of the Local Government Act, 1894, into force were too great, and accordingly no action was taken. In Wick the applicants did not press their applica-cations on hearing that compulsory steps would have to be taken.