MR. T. SHAW (Hawick, &c.)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate what progress has been made in fixing the area of jurisdiction of the new Sheriff Court about to be established in Hawick; and when the business of the Court will be begun?
§ * THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. B BALFOUR,) Clackmannan, &c.The area has now been arranged, after a very full inquiry. The order has been signed by my right hon. Friend the Secretary for Scotland, and it will come into operation on the 1st of December.