§ Return ordered, "showing the extent to which, and the manner in which, Local Authorities in Scotland have allocated and applied fund to the purposes of Technical Education during each of the two years ended respectively on the 15th day of May, 1897, and the 15th day of May, 1898, under the following Acts: Local Taxation (Customs and Excise) Act, 1890; Education and Local Taxation Account (Scotland) Act, 1892; Technical Schools (Scotland) Act, 1887; Technical Instruction Amendment (Scotland) Act, 1892; and Public Libraries Acts."—(The Lord Advocate.)