§ DR. MACDONALD (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether complaints have reached him that under pressure from Mr. Robertson, Inspector of Schools in Lewis, the teacher of Lionel School, about a month ago, felt compelled to show Mr. Robertson all the telegrams, private or otherwise, which he had received since the 1st of January; and whether Mr. Robertson requires the services of an assistant to enable him to superintend the comparatively small number of schools in the island?
§ *THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. P. B ROBERTSON,) ButeI have inquired into the matter and find that the teacher of the Lionel Public School, without pressure and voluntarily, showed to the Inspector two telegrams, and that he did so in order to clear himself of a charge of having attempted to inveigle another teacher into giving telegraphic intimation of the movements of the inspecting staff. A complaint as to this had been made to the Inspector by the aggrieved teacher, and the evidence goes to prove that it was well founded. The special duties of Mr. Robertson in these islands necessitate not only the constant services of an assistant, but also the occasional assistance of another official.