§ MR. COCHRANE (Ayrshire, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland whether a communication has been received from the Town Clerk of the Burgh of Ayr sending for the approval of one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State certain Regulations for the inspection by the public of papers and documents relating to municipal elections; whether he is aware that this matter relates to an Election Petition presented to the Sheriff of Ayr early in November, 1893; whether these proposed Regulations have been sanctioned: and what is the cause of the delay in settling the Regulations and making them known to the public?
§ SIR G. TREVELYANThe Regulations referred to, which were sent inadvertently by the Town Clerk of Ayr in the first instance to the Home Office, have now been approved by me and transmitted to the Local Authorities.