§ Mr. WEIRasked the number of houses constructed by the Congested Districts Board in the counties of Argyle, Inverness, Boss and Cromarty, Sutherland, Caithness, and Orkney and Shetland, respectively; the total sum expended in each county in the construction of such houses; the total rentals from each county; and the percentage of houses occupied in each county?
§ Mr. UREThe only houses in the enumerated counties which the Congested Districts Board have constructed are in the island of Lewis, in the county of Ross and Cromarty. They are as follows: 32 houses for crofters at Aignish; these have cost £4,985 9s. 7d. The annuity charged to the crofters for repayment of principal and interest on the portion of this amount counted as a loan is £142 2s. 8d. The Congested Districts Board have constructed 29 "fishermen's dwellings" at Battery Park, Stornoway, Lewis. The cost has been £3,694 18s. 10d., and the annuity as above, £117 10s. All these houses are occupied except three in Battery Park.