§ Mr. WEIRasked the Lord Advocate, having regard to the fact that, out of 1,515 new holdings or enlargements made with the help of the Congested Districts Board, 727 have been on the estates of individual 993W proprietors, will he state the number of new holdings, as distinct from enlargements of holdings, and give the names of the proprietors concerned in each Highland crofting county?
§ Mr. UREUp to date, 377 new holdings and enlargements to 353 crofters have been made on estates of individual proprietors. The numbers in each county are as follows:—
New Holdings. Enlargements. Argyll … — … 6 Inverness … 240 … 44 Ross … 61 … 159 Sutherland … 4 … 27 Caithness … 47 … 36 Zetland … 25 … 81 377 353 The proprietors are: The Duke of Argyll, Sir A. C. Orde, MacLeod of MacLeod, Mr. MacDonald of Skeabost, Lord Macdonald, Lord Lovat, Lord Dunmore, Lady Cathcart, Sir Kenneth MacKenzie, Lady Cromartie, Lord Zetland, Major Matheson, Mr. W. E. Gilmour, the Duke of Sutherland, Captain Sinclair of Freswick, Traill's trustees, and Mr. Bruce of Symbister.