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Mr. Macdonald here said that " anything which was got 

 for violent profits went to the incoming tenant to pay the 

 damage which he was entitled to for not getting possession 

 at Whitsunday. The proprietor got the rent, and nothing 

 but the rent ; and, of course, Mr. Maclachlan did not know 

 that." 



Mr. Maclachlan " Of course, I don't ; but Nicolson paid 

 to you, in the first place, the sum that I have mentioned. " 



Lord Napier, to Mr. Macdonald " Have you any other 

 statement to make ? Nicolson's statement was that his rent 

 had been doubled, and that he was willing to stick to his 

 land for all that, but that he was charged \ more, which 

 really was the straw that broke this tenant's back." 



Mr. Macdonald "That was his statement, but we deny it. 

 It was for his own misconduct that we put him out." 

 Lord Napier " Was Nicolson's rent doubled ? " 

 Mr. Macdonald " It was, my lord." 

 Lord Napier " Now, Mr. Macdonald, why was his rent 

 doubled?" 



Mr. Macdonald "It was doubled when all the other 

 rents were doubled." (Great Laughter.) 



Lord Napier " Were all the other rents doubled ? " 

 Mr. Macdonald "His rent was doubled like all the 

 other rents of that township, and it was according to the 

 valuation of Mr. Malcolm, Nairn. This man was evicted 

 for his own misconduct." 



The Chairman "Mr. Maclachlan alluded to a model 

 eviction on another estate a case in which all the tenants 

 petitioned the proprietor to have a certain tenant removed. 

 Now, was the case of this poor man Nicolson as bad as that 

 one?" 



Mr. Macdonald " I think it was a worse case (" Oh ") 

 or, at least, fully as bad." (Laughter.) Mr. Macdonald 



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