Mr. DUNDAS WHITEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the Admiralty have recently acquired some hundreds of acres of land for an explosives factory in the neighbourhood of Rosyth; if so, what was the date of the purchase, what is approximately the area of the land purchased, and what was the purchase price; and whether that price includes mineral rights?
§ The FIRST LORD of the ADMIRALTY (Mr. McKenna)The Admiralty purchased in March, 1909, 387 acres of land and 240 acres of foreshore at Crombie, in Fife-shire, on the Firth of Forth, for a magazine establishment. The price paid, which includes mineral rights, amounted to £30,000 with compensation to the existing tenant. Two small feus on the property are being acquired in addition.
§ Mr. ARTHUR LEEWho is the owner of the land?
§ Mr. McKENNAI am not sure.