§ Mr. RICHARD LAMBERTasked the Lord Advocate how many villages or hamlets of more than 150 inhabitants in Scotland are two miles or more from an elementary school.
§ Mr. UREWhile the Department have no precise information on the point, they have no reason to suppose that there is a single village or hamlet of more than 150 inhabitants in Scotland in the position described in the question. Should any such case be brought to their notice, they will make immediate inquiries as to the provision of educational facilities by the School Board of the district, but they do not propose to institute any general inquiry which, from the nature of the case, would be elaborate and difficult without any corresponding practical result.