§ MR. PAUL (Edinburgh, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland why the teaching of the decimal system does not begin in the public schools of Scotland until the Sixth Standard is reached, by which time the great majority of the children have loft school, while in England it is taught in the compulsory Standards?
§ THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Sir G. TREVELYAN,) Glasgow, BridgetonNo general desire has been expressed in Scotland for the extension of the teaching of the decimal system, and the recent suggestion to that effect from the Decimal Association was not received until the Code for this year had been revised. We have advised the Association to communicate on the subject with the School Boards, and the matter will be further considered at the next revision of the Code, when we understand what the opinion of the representative Educational Bodies may be.