§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Lord Advocate, as representing the Secretary for Scotland, if he will state how many acres of land have been acquired by the Congested Districts Board in each of the crofting counties for the settlement of the people.
*MR. A. GRAHAM MURRAYI am informed by the Congested Districts Board that 12,116 acres in Sutherland-shire and 3,000 in Inverness-shire, have been purchased by them. This does not include land on which the proprietors, with the help of the Board, have formed new holdings, the exact figures of which are not available.