§ "That a sum, not exceeding £595,922 (including a Supplementary sum of £4,125), be granted to Her Majesty to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1897, for Public Education in Scotland."
§ *MR. SPEAKERhaving put the Question, That the House do agree with the Committee in the said Resolution,—
*MR. McLEODsaid that the Education Department had for a number of years endeavoured to plant an Episcopalian school in the parish of Ardchattan 458 against the opinions of nine-tenths of the ratepayers; and, as a protest, he moved the reduction of the Vote by £100.
§ *MR. SPEAKERsaid that, as the Resolution had been put to the House, the hon. Member could oppose the Vote, but he could not move a reduction.
*MR. MCLEODregretted that his ignorance of the forms of the House had prevented him from interposing at the proper moment. [Laughter.] The heads of the Education Department were clearly placing themselves in opposition to the local authority in a matter in which no question of education was concerned.
§ *THE LORD ADVOCATEexplained that the Education Department only did what they were bound to do by law in regard to such matters.
§ Resolution read a Second time.
§ Motion made, and Question put, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."
§ The House divided:—Ayes, 141; Noes, 33.—(Division List, No. 407.)