| Evidence
Taken By Her Majesty's Commissioners Of Inquiry Into The Conditions Of The Crofters And Cottars In The Highlands And Islands Of Scotland Report With Appendices |
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The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Condition of Crofters and Cottars in the Highlands and Islands Otherwise known as 'The Napier Report', it is a valuable piece of documentary evidence from the Highlands and Island in 1883, presenting facts and information on the population, as well as the political, historical and social climate of the time. Lochaber College UHI Mallaig Electronic Library have made the full report available online at http://www.highland-elibrary.com/1.html There are many references to Mull and its inhabitants. The following table highlights the evidence given to the Commission by those connected to Mull. |
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| Page Number within Report | PDF Page Number | |
| Volume 3 - Bunessan | ||
| Allan McInnes, Crofter, Creich | p2183-2188 | (488-493) |
| Donald Beaton, Blacksmith, Creich assisted by Alexander MacFarlane, Crofter, Creich | p2189-2191 | (494-496) |
| John McCormick, Crofter, Catchean, assisted by John McKinnon Crofter, Catchean | p2191-2199 | (496-504) |
| Duncan McLean, Crofter, Ardtun assisted by Lachlan MacDonald, Crofter, Ardtun | p2199-2203 | (504-508) |
| Alexander MacPherson, Crofter, Kinloch assisted by Malcolm McLean, Crofter, Kinloch | p2203-2208 | (508-513) |
| James Wyllie, Chamberlain to the Duke of Argyll | p2208-2221 | (513-526) |
| Andrew Mitchell, Propietor and Farmer, Drumderfit, Inverness | p2221-2222 | (526-527) |
| Alexander MacKechnie, M.B. and C.M. Glasgow University, Bunessan | p2223-2224 | (528-529) |
| Neil Matheson, Fisherman, Bunessan | p2224-2227 | (529-532) |
| Duncan Campbell, Labourer, Oban | p2227-2228 | (532) |
| Alexander McIntyre, Proprietor and Farmer, Ardalanish | p2228-2231 | (532-536) |
| Donald Cameron, Schoolmaster, Creich | p2231-2233 | (536-538) |
| Donald MacDonald, Crofter, Lee | p2233-2234 | (538-539) |
| Volume 3 - Tobermory | ||
| John McCallum, Solicitor, Tobermory | p2235-2249 | (540-554) |
| John McKinnon, Carpenter, Tobermory | p2249-2250 | (554-555) |
| Lachlan Kennedy, Crofter and Carrier, Dervaig | p2251-2253 | (556-557) |
| Lachlan McQuarie, Shoemaker, Salen assisted by Alexander Fletcher, Fisherman, Salen | p2253-2259 | (557-564) |
| Alexander Allan, Proprietor, Aros and Tobermory | p2259-2265 | (564-570) |
| Angus Mcnnes, Mason, Tobermory | p2265-2266 | (570-571) |
| James Beaton, Master Mariner, Tobermory | p2266-2268 | (571-573) |
| John MacDonald, Master Mariner, Tobermory | p2268-2274 | (573-579) |
| John Campbell, Crofter's Son and Soldier, residing in Greenock | p2274-2279 | (579-584) |
| Volume 4 - Lanark, Glasgow | ||
| Malcolm Ferguson, Crofter, East End, Iona | p3036-3054 | (493-511) |
| Appendix | ||
| Correspondence regarding alleged Eviction of Crofters in Mull | ||
| Case of Angus McInnes | p440-448 | (587-595) |