§ MR. NOLAN (Louth, N.)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate if he can state how many poor rate defaulters there were in the combination of Govan, Scotland, on 20th June, 1889; how many of them subsequently paid their rates; what was the amount due on the said date; and what was the amount ultimately lost to the funds of the combination through defaulters during the year; and also the same particulars with regard to the barony and city parishes of Glasgow respectively?
§ *THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. P.B. ROBERTSON,) ButeOn 20th June, 1889, there were in Govan combination, 10,721 defaulters, of whom 1,649 subsequently paid their rates, the amount due was £1,551 1s. 5½d., and the amount lost during the year was £1,301 12s. 9½d. The information as to the barony and city parishes has not yet been received, as these parishes were not included in the question as it originally appeared on the Paper.