§ Mr. COCHRANE (Ayrshire, N.)To ask the Secretary for Scotland how often the Crofters' Commission Lave visited Orkney in the past six years; and whether any applications for the reduction of rents and for compensation for improvements still remain unsettled.
(Answered by Mr. Sinclair.) The Commissioners as a body have not been in Orkney since July, 1901, but in November, 1904, they made a remit to a valuer to inspect certain subjects then awaiting disposal and report on the same. The total number of fair-rent applications at present awaiting disposal is twenty-six, including two under appeal; and the number of compensation cases is seven, including three under appeal to the three Commissioners under the Delegation of Towers Act, 1888.