§ MR. WEIRTo ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he is aware that the farm of Glenmeanie, on the estate of Strathconan, Ross-shire, which appears in the Valuation Roll at a yearly rental of £200, is about to be converted into a deer forest; and, seeing that this farm contains sheep grazings of repute, will he consider the expediency of taking some steps with a view to check the extension of deer forests, especially in cases such as the present, which deprive the people of land suitable for occupation and lessen the national food supply.
1349 (Answer.) The Government have no official information as to the proposed conversion of Glenmeanie into a deer forest. Should this, however, take place no crofters will be dispossessed, and there is no reason to believe that the change will prejudicially affect the economic condition either of the district or the country at large.—(Treasury.)