§ MR. BUCHANAN (Edinburgh, W.)asked the Lord Advocate, with regard to Supplementary Estimate, Class III., Vote 16, What are the "two special unforeseen cases" which have given rise to this large additional expenditure; and, whether they have to do with the Woods and Forests, or what Government Department?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. P. B. ROBERTSON) (Bute)One was an action, Forss Trustees against the Woods and Forests; and the other was an action raised by a man named Stewart against the Sheriff of Inverness-shire. The first payment belongs to the Woods and Forest Department, and the other was a payment on behalf of the Treasury.