§ MR. RIDSDALE (Brighton)To ask the Secretary for Scotland what the duties are of the clerk to the Bible Board and the printer's reader to the same body; and what the provisional arrangement is under which the emoluments attaching to these offices are drawn.
(Answered by Mr. Sinclair.) The clerk to the Bible Board acts as law agent and also discharges all the executive duties required by the Board. The reader reads and revises proofs of editions of the Bible published in Scotland. The expenses are provided with the sanction of the Treasury.