§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Lord-Advocate it he will call the attention of the inspector of schools for the parish of Lochs to the inadequate sum of £1 10s. allowed for one year's fuel, light, and cleaning of Lemreway and other public schools in the parish of Lochs, Island of Lewis; and will he ascertain why the inspector failed to refer to this matter in his annual report.
353 (Answered by Mr. Scott Dickson.) His Majesty's inspector in his annual reports has from time to time drawn attention to defects as regards cleaning, etc., in the various schools of the parish of Lochs, and it is inferred that when he has not done so, the provision made was, in his opinion, sufficiently satisfactory, having regard to the circumstances of the schools. The Department believe that their inspector is fully alive to his duty in the matter. No complaint has been addressed to the Department on the subject, and they do not consider it necessary to make further reference to the inspector till reasonable evidence is put before them, tending to show that in point of fact one or more of these schools are insufficiently heated, lighted, or cleaned.