§ Mr. STEPHENasked the Secretary for Scotland if he is aware that No. 2 small holding, on the farm of Ormlie, on the Ulbster estate, Caithness-shire, has been vacant since November, that the applications of several ex-service men for this holding have been rejected, and that the Ulbster estate put forward an applicant who had two holdings on the Glengolly farm, with a view of the said applicant leaving those holdings so as to allow the farm of Glengolly to be sold to a man who has already 50 acres; and what steps the Board of Agriculture has taken in the matter?
§ Sir J. GILMOURI understand that the holding in question will not fall vacant till Whit-Sunday next. My information does not enable me to answer the second and third parts of the question. As regards the last part, I am informed that the estate have now agreed to let the holding to an applicant to be suggested by the Board of Agriculture.