§ DR. CAMERON (Glasgow, College)asked the Secretary for Scotland, Whether he can supplement the information contained in Paper C. 4772, of 1886, by stating the amount of arrears of Poor and School Rates on the assessment for the year ending Whitsunday 1886, in the Island of Skye, due at the 1st of September last by owners, by tenants of holdings of over £30 of annual rental; and by tenants of holdings less than £30 of annual rental respectively?
§ THE SECRETARY (MR. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)The records of the Board of Supervision do not distinguish between the arrears of tenants of different rentals, and the information asked for by the hon. Member could not be obtained for some weeks. I can, however, at once state that whereas on the 27th of March last the arrears of rates from owners and tenants together amounted to £5,200; the whole of these arrears had been paid by the first week in December, with the exception of a sum of £60 15s., which was remitted in consideration of the poverty of those from whom it is due. This answer will perhaps be accepted by the hon. Member for Forfarshire (Mr. J. W. Barclay) as a reply to the Question he has put down for Friday next, February 11.