Mr. KINGasked the Lord Advocate if he can state how many scholars, boys and girls respectively, who have been in Edinburgh elementary schools, are at present receiving free education in higher grade schools, and how many are receiving bursaries to attend secondary schools in Edinburgh; and what are the total numbers of scholars in the higher grade and secondary scholars of Edinburgh respectively?
§ Mr. UREThe figures in the following statement have been furnished by the various educational authorities concerned: The total number of scholars in Edinburgh higher grade schools is 2,267, of whom 1,792 (808 boys and 984 girls), who are receiving free education, had previously attended primary schools in Edinburgh. (It should be explained that the education provided in all but one of the Edinburgh higher grade schools is free, and that two of these schools provide a complete course of secondary education.) The total number of scholars in the intermediate and secondary, as distinct from the junior, departments of those secondary schools in Edinburgh which are in receipt of grants from the Department is 2,610. Attending these schools as bursars or free scholars are 348 pupils (248 boys and 100 girls) who at one time or other have been in Edinburgh primary schools. There are, in addition, eleven secondary schools in Edinburgh which, though not in receipt of grants from, are under the inspection of, the Department. The number of 607W pupils over twelve years of age on the roll of these schools is 1,179.