§ DR. K. M'DONALD (ROSS and Cromarty)asked the Lord Advocate, Whe- 1528 ther, in conformity with the advice of the Crofters' Commission, 1883–4, that Crown officials in the Highlands should be conversant with the language of the people there, it is his intention to appoint a gentleman with a knowledge of Graelic to the office of Sheriff Substitute in the Island of Lewis?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. H. A. MACDONALD) (Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities)I certainly intend to keep in view the recommendations of the Crofters' Commission in considering what gentlemen shall be nominated to the Secretary of State for Her Majesty's approval; but it would be obviously improper that I should say any more than this at present.