§ MR. GULLANDI beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland if he can say how many school gardens exist in Scotland; and what steps, if any, he intends to take to bring prominently before school boards the new provisions of the Code on this subject.
§ MR. SINCLAIRThough the Department have reason to believe that such school gardens are not uncommon, they have no statistics bearing on the point. A copy of the Code has, in accordance with Article 34 thereof, to be provided 1224 for every school, and the alterations for the year are printed separately in an appendix. The matter, therefore, cannot very well escape the attention of school boards, but the Department are in consultation with the governors of the agricultural colleges as to the best means of organising satisfactory instruction in this subject in their several districts.