§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Lord-Advocate whether the home for the training of girls in connection with the Aberdeen Educational Trust has yet been opened; if sO, will he state how many girls have been admitted, and from what districts they come; and will he state how many applications for admission have been received up to the present time.
MR. SCOTT DICKSONThe Aberdeen Committee will be unable to open the home before the beginning of August. Twenty-seven applications have been received. Offers of admittance have been sent to nineteen of them. Seven have accepted, seven have refused, and five have not yet replied. Offers were made to eleven in Lewis, two in mainland of Ross, three in Barra, and three in Sutherland.