§ SIR D. MACFARLANE (Argyll)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland if the rule laid down in the Education Department letter of 10th November, 1894, as follows, is applicable to Scotland as well as to England, and, if not, he will extend the benefits of this rule to Scotland: "A child who has passed the total exemption standard named in the bye-laws, and is so exempt from the legal obligation to attend school, may be recognised as a scholar in an evening school, notwithstanding that such scholar continues to attend a day school."
THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Sir G. O. THEVELYAN,) Glasgow, BridgetonThe provisions both of the English Education Acts and of the English Evening Continuation School Code are different from those of Scotland. The Scotch Code, Article 5, lays down clearly the rule on this point in the case of 165 Scotland, namely, that a scholar exempt from the legal obligation to attend school may, while earning a grant in a day school, also earn a grant in an evening school in a special subject not taught in the day school.