§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Lord-Advocate if he will state what decision has been arrived at in regard to the petition which has been forwarded to him from the parents of children attending the public school at Lemreway, Stornoway, urging that Mr. John D. Mitchel should be retained in his appointment as master of the school.
MR. SCOTT DICKSONThe petition in question has been remitted to the school board of the parish of Lochs, and is, I understand, to be considered at a meeting of the school board and managers to be held this week.