Appendix B

Pro-formas for estate owners

QUESTIONS.
1. Have any Crofters or Cottars been transferred since the date of afforestment from the Lands now returned as Deer Forest, or within the last 30 years from Lands now returned as Large Farms, to other situations on the property? If so, state the area of land of which they have been dispossessed, and the number of Families so transferred.

2.What extent of pasture ground, if any, have been taken within the last 30 years from Crofters whose residences have not been shifted, and what reductions of rent have been made in respect of the same ?

3. What number of families of Crofters and Cottars, if any, have been removed from the Estate by process of law, or under constraint on the part of the Landlord, within the last 30 years ?

4. Do Crofters and Cottars respectively hold their lands and houses from year to year, or on lease; if on lease, of what duration are the leases?

5. What assistance, if any, do Crofters and Cottars respectively receive from the Landlord towards the erection and repair of their buildings in money, materals, or otherwise; and what compensation do they receive from the Landlord for buildings erected and improvements executed, wholly or in part, by themselves on removal ?

6. Do Crofters and Cottars respectively, on removal, receive from the incoming Tenant any compensation or payment in respect of buildings, improvements, or unexhausted manures, or on account of the goodwill of the holding; and if so, what is the nature and amount of such compensations or payments?

7. In the case of Crofters and Cottars removing from their holdings in debt to the Landlord for arrears of rent, are such arrears in any case transferred to the incoming Tenant, and rendered payableby him to the Landlord?

Crofters are persons holding land for Agricultural or Pastoral purposes, individually or in common, directly from the Proprietor, at an Annual Rent not exceeding £30.

Cottars are Occupants of Houses at an Annual Rent not exceeding £2,and holding no land or pastoral privileges directly from the Proprietor. Holders of long Leases or Ground-Rent are not included.

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