§ Return ordered, "of the Cost of the Elections of County Councils, Town Councils, and Burgh Commissioners, and Parish Councils in Scotland, as first held simultaneously in 1898, in terms of The Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1894, under the following headings:—
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| County, Burgh, or Police Burghs. | Parishes wholly or partly within County, Burgh, or police Burgh, specifying each parish ward. | Number of electors on parish council register for such parishes and parish wards respectively. | Parishes and parish wards where election was contested. | Costs of elections charged to parish council. | Costs of elections charged to County or Town Council or Burgh Commissioners. | Number of electoral divisions in county or wards (if any) in Burgh or police Burgh. | Number of County electoral divisions or burgh or police burgh wards in which election was contested. | Total cost of elections. |
§ (The Lord Advocate.)