§ Mr. WEIRasked the Lord Advocate whether the Congested Districts Board had taken any steps to ascertain to what extent landlords in the Highlands and islands of Scotland are willing to cooperate with the Congested Districts Board for the purpose of relieving congestion by the creation of new holdings; and, if so, will he state the number of landlords communicated with in each county and the result?
§ Mr. UREThe Congested Districts Board issued a letter to every estate in the seven crofting counties and also advertised largely; the Board lose no opportunity of letting it be known that they are willing to consider any reasonable proposal for co-operation made to them by any estate. The result, so far, has been that out of 1,515 new holdings or enlargements made with the help of the Board, 727 have been on the estates of individual proprietors.