§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland if he will state why Donald Macrae, crofter and carter, of Plockton, Ross-shire, recently summoned for keeping a dog without a licence, was required to appear 1345 before the Justices at Dingwall, a distance of 120 miles to and from his home, instead of at Plockton or Balmacarra, where there are Justices; and whether, having regard to the fact that the Inland Revenue Department in this case exceeded its duty and acted in contravention of the law, the case being dismissed, will the travelling and maintenance expenses of Donald Macrae be allowed?
§ THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Sir G. TREVELYAN,) Glasgow, BridgetonThe Inland Revenue Department has not been able to obtain information in time for me to answer the particulars referred to in this question today. But if the hon. Member will put this question and the one on the same subject which is on the Paper for tomorrow to my right hon. Friend the Secretary to the Treasury, on Thursday next, the Inland Revenue Department expects to have a full reply ready.