§ MR. BIRKMYRE (, &c.) AyrI beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland whether the Education Department is aware that the grant for secondary education is being distributed in Ayrshire in grants to ex-VI. scholars in elementary schools in the county, as well as the secondary schools in the county; and whether this application of the money has been sanctioned by the Department?
§ THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Sir G. TREVELYAN,) Glasgow, BridgetonThe scheme for the distribution of the secondary education grant in Ayrshire provides for a certain amount being assigned to scholars in state-aided schools, who have passed out of the standards and are receiving some higher education. Such an application is justified by the purposes of the grant.