§ Mr. WATTasked the Lord Advocate whether he was aware that the cottars of Harris, Inverness-shire, have recently decided to take forcible possession of a farm in that island unless the estate managers accede to their request for a division of the farm into small holdings; and will he state whether the Congested Districts Board are making any efforts to bring about a pacific arrangement?
§ The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for SCOTLAND (Mr. Arthur Dewar)I am informed that a resolution in the sense indicated by my hon. Friend was recently communicated to the estate managers, who took what in the circumstances was the proper course of applying for interim interdict, which was granted; and I trust that the action taken may be effectual in checking the threatened-proceedings.