§ MR. J. D. WHITE (Dumbartonshire)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty with reference to the property purchased at Rosyth in 1903–4 from Lord Linlithgow, from Mr. Newton, and from the Minister of Inverkeithing and Mr. Newton, respectively, what in each case was the price paid, and the area of land and of foreshore purchased.
(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) The area of land purchased from the Minister of Inverkeithing and Mr. Newton jointly was 6¼acres. The price, £4,800, was fixed by the Scottish Law Courts. The land was building land and included no foreshore. As regards the rest of the Question, I must refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for the Central Division of Edinburgh on 2nd M y. †