§ Sir D. Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many estates in Caithness and Sutherland are owned 65W and administered by him or the Crown; where they are located; what are their respective acreages and the number of tenants; and to what use they are put.
§ Mr. NobleIn Caithness and Sutherland there are 15 land settlement estates and ten forestry estates owned by the Secretary of State and three agricultural estates owned by the Crown Estate Commissioners.
(a) LAND SETTLEMENT ESTATES (fifteen in number) Location Acreage Tenants* (Parish) Bower and Watten 3,777 40 Thurso 1,604 14 Thurso and Halkirk 632 7 Dunnet 2,240 11 Reay (Stempster) 672 6 Thurso and Olrig 606 8 Watten 3,458 21 Reay (Hallum) 332 2 Reay (Lybster) 477 5 Reay (Skaill) 1,003 10 Reay (Upper Dounreay) 1,291 13 Farr and Tongue (Armadale) 39,446 105 Farr and Tongue (Borgie) 4,408 10 Durness and Edrachilles 30,030 43 Farr 12,116 21 * Excluding 33 non-agricultural tenants (mainly house and sporting lets)
(b) FORESTRY ESTATES (ten in number) Location Acreage Tenants* (Parish) Dunnet 862 — Latheron 3,491 — Creich 861 — Tongue/Farr 2,705 — Dornoch/Rogart 3,972 5 Kildonan 515 — Farr/Kildonan 16,944 — Creich 900 — Lairg/Creich/Rogart 45,463 29 Reay/Farr 937 — * Excluding 39 non-agricultural and other tenants mainly house and temporary grazing lets and forest workers holdings.
(C) CROWN ESTATES (three agricultural estates) Location Acreage Tenants (Parish) Olrig 2,332 7 Thurso 1,050 1 Halkirk 13,596 38