§ SIR THOMAS DEWAR (Tower Hamlets, St. George's)I beg to ask the Lord-Advocate if he will state whether the Royal Warrant of the 11th March, 1905, in any sense abrogates the order of precedence hitherto held by the Lord Provost of Perth, who under the Royal Charter of King James VI. of Scotland, bearing date 1600, has always come immediately after the Lord Provost of Edinburgh in the procession at the opening of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, as well as at State or Court Functions, such as the presentation of the Lord Provosts and Provosts of Scotland to Her Majesty the late Queen, on which occasion, viz., the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee in 1897, the Lord Provost of Perth was presented immediately after the Lord Provost of Edinburgh.
*THE LORD-ADVOCATE (Mr. SCOTT DICKSON, Glasgow, Bridgton); I am informed that the Royal Warrant does 1273 not affect the precedence of the Lord Provosts of Perth with, reference to other Lord Provosts or Provosts.