§ 75. Mr. WATTasked the Secretary for Scotland whether the sheriff-principal of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Banff counties had, during the year 1916, twenty-four cases appealed to him, of which the decisions of sixteen were simply affirmations of his substitute, and during the year 1915 sixteen cases appealed, of which the decisions of twelve were affirmations of the Court below; whether the salary of the sheriff-principal is £1,000 a year, with permission to continue his private practice as before his appointment; and, if so, will he say whether his Department has considered the advisability of further amalgamating sheriffships in war time?
§ The SECRETARY for SCOTLAND (Mr. Munro)The answer to the first two parts of the question is in the affirmative. On the general question I have nothing to add to my recent replies.