§ Mr. COCHRANEasked the Lord Advocate whether the Congested Districts Board intend to resell the estate of Vatersay to settlers; if so, whether the Congested Districts Board have received any indication of willingness on the part of the settlers to purchase; and, if it is the intention of the Congested Districts Board not to sell the land of Vatersay, but to hold it, under what statute do they obtain power to use the funds of the Congested Districts Board for this purpose?
§ Mr. UREThe answer to the first two questions is in the negative. The intention of the Board is to hold the land and let it to tenants as crofters under the crofter tenure, a course which they are advised is competent under the Congested Districts (Scotland) Act of 1897.