§ MR. DALRYMPLEasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the fact that the number of papers received at the Home Office was considerably more than doubled between 1852 and 1882, Whether it is true that only an extremely small proportion of these are connected with Scotch business?
THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. B. BALFOUR)I have been requested by 473 my right hon. Friend, to answer this Question. The comparison made by him was not between the years 1852 and 1882, but between 1862 and 1882. The number of Papers relating to Scot-land more than doubled between 1862 and 1882, though it undoubtedly bore only a small proportion to the total number of Papers received at the Home Office.