MR. DUNDAS WHITE (Dumbartonshire)To ask the Secretary for Scotland with reference to the property of about forty-three acres of marsh land beside the Clyde, near Glasgow Green, which was purchased by the Glasgow Corporation about ten years ago, and part of which has now been made up into Richmond Park, what was the total area purchased; when was the purchase effected; what was the price per acre; what was the total price; and what was being taken as the annual value for rating of that property as a whole at the time of purchase.
§ (Answered by Mr. Sinclair.) The total area purchased was 44 acres 8 poles. The date of purchase was Whit-
448§ the purchase agreements signed by these tenants were not lodged until the end of October last. The Commissioners are considering the question of making them grants.