SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL&c.) (Kirkcaldy,asked the Prime Minister, Whether the Crofters' Bill would be the first Order on Thursday?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE) (Edinburgh, Mid Lothian)I believe the announcement has just been made that it was proposed to take the Railway Rates Bill first on Thursday.
§ MR. FRASER-MACKINTOSHsaid, that for reasons he had mentioned to the Lord Advocate he begged to ask him to be good enough to postpone Report of the Vote for Sheriffs' expenses till Thursday.
THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. B. BALFOUR)&c.) (Clackmannan,, in reply, said, that he understood that the particular Vote referred to might be postponed till Thursday without inconvenience.