§ MR. FRASER-MACKINTOSHI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether, if moved for, he will grant a Return, limited to the Crofting Counties of Scotland, showing, first, the number of Parliamentary electors in each parish; and, second, the number of electors in each parish entitled to vote in the election of School Boards?
THE LORD AVOCATE (Mr. J. P. B. ROBERTSON, Bute)I see no difficulty in the way of giving a Return of the Parliamentary electors in each of the parishes referred to. In regard to the Return of School Board electors, a separate roll of such electors is not always necessary in small parishes; and so far as possible, in order to save expense, the drawing up of such a roll, even where necessary, is postponed until it is certain that the election will be contested. Where such a separate roll is drawn up, it may be done either by the assessor or by the School Board officials. I shall, however, be glad to give a Return in those cases where the separate roll has been actually drawn up. This could not, however, be done until the elections have taken place.