§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Lord Advocate, as representing the Secretary for Scotland, in view of the fact that the lease for Croir Farm, Lewis, is not yet formally signed, and that the crofters and cottars in the immediate vicinity have repeatedly made application for the land during the last seven years, will immediate steps be taken by the Congested Districts Board to negotiate with the proprietor for the purpose of acquiring the farm for the settlement of the people.
*MR. A. GRAHAM MURRAYThe proprietor having agreed to let Croir 956 Farm on lease, which, by the law of Scotland, is equivalent to a lease, the Congested Districts Board cannot under take to reopen negotiations with him as to the acquisition of this particular farm.