§ COLONEL DENNY (Kilmarnock Burghs)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate (1) whether he is aware that the Kirk Session of Dumbarton are trustees of a fund known as the "Colquhoun Mortification," the revenue of which falls to be divided at the discretion of the trustees among such poor persons of the name of Colquhoun as may reside in the parish of Dumbarton, with power to extend the benefit to deserving persons of the name of Colquhoun outside the parish should the trustees consider it right to do so; (2) whether the Parish Council of Dumbarton have, in terms of Section 30 of the Local Government 161 (Scotland) Act, 1894, approached the Local Government Board for their consent to the Council being represented on the Trust; and (3) whether the Local Government Board have refused consent; and, if so, can he say upon what grounds?
*THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. GRAHAM MURRY, Buteshire)The answer to the first paragraph is in the affirmative, with the explanation that certain adjacent parishes are specified in the will. The Local Government Board received an application from the Parish Council as specified in the second paragraph. The Trust falls within the provisions of Sub-section (4) of the 30th Section, and not as the Parish Council seemed originally to consider under Subsection (3). In view of the circumstances of the case, and the fact that no fault was alleged in tile management, the Local Government Board acting on the ad vice of the Law Officers has not decided to allow the Parish Council of Dumbarton to appoint additional trustees.