§ Mr. WEIRI beg to ask the Lord Advocate if ho will state the number of houses which have been erected in the Island of Lewis under the by-laws as to the regulation of buildings which were made by the Lewis District Committee of the County Council of Ross and Cromarty, and approved by the Local Government Board in December, 1900; and will he say how many fever-stricken or insanitary houses in the island have been destroyed by order of the local authorities.
§ * The LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. A. GRAHAM MURRAY, Buteshire)Thirty houses have been erected under the bylaws referred to by the hon. Member. One insanitary fever-stricken house was destroyed with the owner's consent. No house has been destroyed by order of the local authority.