§ Mr. MILLARasked the First Commissioner of Works, as representing the Secretary for Scotland, whether, in view of the unsatisfactory conditions under which small landholders at Thirdpart, Fife, and in many other districts in Scotland, have been settled, and of the inflated figures at I which their buildings have been valued, 531W he is prepared to take steps to secure reconsideration of these valuations, and to refer the matter to the Scottish Land Courts to fix fair rents and valuations?
§ Sir J. BAIRDThe high cost of buildings in this and other cases is due to the prices ruling at the date of erection. The situation arising from the fall in values is now under consideration.