xl INTRODUCTION, 



by Mr. Maclachlan, who had corroborated Nicolson, at Uig ; 

 and at the close of his subsequent examination, at Portree, 

 Mr. Maclachan desired to make a further explanation re- 

 garding the case. He said that " he feared an impression had 

 gone abroad that there was a discrepancy between the two 

 statements. There were some outsiders who did not alto- 

 gether understand the question." 



Lord Napier " I don't altogether understand it myself." 

 (Laughter.) 



Mr. Maclachlan stated that the whole sum of ^"35 us. 

 8d. was paid to the landlord and no portion of it was re- 

 turned; and he produced a receipted account under Mr. 

 Macdonald's hand, being a note of " Rent and violent pro- 

 fits and expenses due by D. Nicolson to Captain Eraser of 

 Kilmuir ". The note, which Mr. Maclachan produced, was 

 as follows : 



Rent and Violent Profits ... 16 o o 



Expenses decerned for 4 18 8 



Do. further ... ... ... ... 340 



Extracting ... ... o 10 6 



Officer ejecting, and party ... ... ... 2 18 o 



Expenses of Interdict proceedings 806 



Total 35 ii 8 



Less Valuation of House 15 17 6 



Balance paid in cash ^19 14 a 



The proprietor thus got the total sum of ^35 us. 8d. from 

 Nicolson. Of that sum, ^15 173. 6d. was the valuation of 

 Nicolson's own property, while the balance of 19 143. ad. 

 was paid by Mr. Maclachlan (acting for Nicolson) to the 

 factor, on 5th December, 1877, and for which he held the 

 receipt produced. 



