APPENDIX 



PETITION from Poor Persons in Tyree for Aid to 

 Emigrate. 



Unto Sir John M'Neill. 



The Petition of the nndersigned Cottars and 

 small Crofters on the Island of Tyree, 



Humhly sheiueth. 

 That since the making of kelp ceased, and par- 

 ticularly since the failure of the potato crop, .the 

 inhabitants of this island have been in a state of 

 great destitution ; and, were it not for the benevo- 

 lence of the proprietor, and the aid afforded by the 

 relief board, they would inevitably have starved. 

 That hitherto they have been employed by the pro- 

 prietor at drainage and other works, during the 

 winter and spring months, before the land was 

 cropped, and during the summer they were supported 

 by the funds of the relief board. That this latter 

 resource being now at an end, your petitioners' pros- 

 pects, on looking forward to the ensuing summer, 

 are in the extreme dismal, and the more so, as the 

 only prospect of ultimate relief to which they so 

 fondly cling is denied them^that of emigration — 

 which your petitioners neglected to take advantage 



