§ MR. WEIR () Ross and CromartyTo ask the Lord Advocate if he will grant a Return of the number of houses in the Island of Lewis where the dwelling-room of the occupier is only separated from the cattle by a low partition or rail.
(Answered by Air. A. Graham Murray.) According to the Census of 1901 the number of separate families in the rural districts of Lewis was 4,846, and the number of inhabited houses 4,790. There were eighty-five uninhabited houses, and forty-seven building. Of the inhabited houses the great majority is of the type described in the Question. Under the circumstances it is not considered that a separate Return would serve any useful purpose.