§ Mr. Cassellsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the Bute County Council have been able to secure any of the following sites for the new county buildings, namely: Nos. 61 to 67, High Street, Rothesay, on which the present buildings are of no great value; and the Old Mill property, King Street, which is in a ruinous and derelict state; what prices were demanded for these properties; what is their present rateable value; and whether the county council have had to advertise for sites and what success they have had?
Mr. Wedderburn:I am informed that the county council have ascertained that the owner of the subjects referred to in the first and second parts of the question is not prepared to make either of them available for the purpose indicated, and that no price for these subjects, the present rateable values of which are £42 and £12 5s., respectively, has been demanded or mentioned. I am further informed that the county council have advertised for sites, and that the replies received are at present under consideration.