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REPORT OF THE SCOTTISH COMMISSION 



forefront. The houses, many of which we saw, were at once 

 simple and serviceable. They were of different sizes. Some of 

 them contained a kitchen and two bedrooms, and some a kitclien, 

 three bedrooms, and a small dairy. The larger houses complete 

 cost ...... £116 18 



To this has to be added, outhouses . . 22 10 



Fencino; for a 25-acre farm . . . . 20 



Together 



£159 8 



Aiter carrying out these and other operations, it carried out 



NEW COTTAGES AT LOUGHGLYNN, OUTSIDE THE GATE OF THE FORMER 

 DILLON MANSION. BUILT BY THE CONGESTED DISTRICTS BOARD 



a migration scheme, by which it transferred from congested 

 districts 207 farmers and planted them on untenanted land 

 extending to 5927 acres, part of the estates purchased, at a total 

 cost of £96,263, which has resulted in a loss to the Board of 

 £l7,57l, or £84 per migrant. It had now sold, or had ready for 

 sale, 35 estates at £590,062. The remainining 13 were valued at 

 £62,393. The following figures shew how matters stood financially 

 at 31st March 1905, without taking into account 84 estates pur- 

 chased for £1,106,333 under the 1903 Act, which do not appear 

 in the books of the Congested Districts Board because the Land 

 Commission distributes the niouey itself: — 



