§ DR. FARQUHARSON (Aberdeenshire, W.)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether it is in accordance with the law that County Councils should assess police burghs for salaries and other expenses of their Medical Officer and Sanitary Inspector?
*THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. B. BALPOUR,&c.) Clackmannan,I agree with the answer given by my Predecessor to a similar question on 4th May, 1891. These salaries and expenses are paid out of the general purposes rate to which police burghs contribute their share. The burghs are, in my view, entitled to the supervisory services of the county officers equally with the rural districts.