§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)To ask the Lord Advocate, in view of the fact that Sir John Wolfe Barry, C.E., has declined to visit the Island of Lewis for the purpose of making a report in regard to the condition of the harbour at Port Ness, will the Secretary for Scotland state whether the services of another engineer have yet been secured.
(Answered by Mr. A. Graham Murray.) The answer to the hon. Member's Question is in the affirmative.
| *The Return was as follows;— | |||||
| "Rates (Non-payment) (Scotland),—Return of the number of Rated Inhabitants in each parish in Scotland whose names were omitted from the Parliamentary Register in the year 1901 in respect of non-payment of Rates, under the heads of (1) relief through inability to pay; (2) failure to pay; and (3) being in receipt of parochial relief, in the following form:— | |||||
| County. | Parish. | Tenants with rentals under £4. | Number of persons removed from the Parliamentary Register in the year 1901 in respect of non-payment of Rates, under the following heads:— | Total. | Remarks. |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | |||
| Relief through inability to pay. | Failure to pay. | Being in receipt of parochial relief. | |||
| The Return to indicate the number of tenants in each parish with rentals under £4 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 376, of Session 1899). | |||||
| † See page 142. |