§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Lord Advocate whether he has any official reports showing the results of the efforts of the Congested Districts Board in the Island of Lewis to improve the breed of poultry; and will he state how many sittings of eggs have been sent to the Island of Lewis this year.
(Answered by Mr. A. Graham Murray.) It is very difficult for the Congested Districts Board to get replies to their inquiries from the recipients of eggs, but the general effect of those received is favourable. One hundred and forty-two fowls and forty sittings of eggs were applied for and sent to Lewis in the earlier half of 1902.