An Act to authorize the Application of Advances (out of Money now authorized to be advanced for the Improvement of Landed Property) to facilitate Emigration from certain distressed Districts of Scotland.
WHEREAS great Distress prevails in certain Parts of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, which would be most effectually relieved by affording Facilities for the voluntary Emigration of a Portion of the Population of those Districts, and it is expedient to enable Owners of Land in the said Highlands and Islands to defray the whole or Part of the Expense of the Emigration of poor Persons desirous of emigrating from the Parishes or Combinations in which such Land is situate, and to charge the...