§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Lord Advocate if he will state the number of uncertified deaths in each of the six Highland crofting counties; and, in view of the fact that there is no information in the registrar's office as to the number of interments without the production of a medical certificate, will such steps be taken as will admit of this information being available.
§ †See (4) Debates, cvi., 937.
544§ (Answer.) The number of uncertified deaths in each of the crofting counties in 1900 was as follows :—Shetland, 224; Orkney, 80; Caithness, 51; Sutherland,. 104; Ross and Cromarty, 420; Inverness, 425; and Argyll, 175. The further information desired by the hon. Member cannot be obtained without legislation, which at present I cannot. promise.—(Scottish Office.)