§ Mr. JOHNasked the Secretary for Scotland the amounts received from public sources by each of the three Scotch agricultural colleges, year by year, from 1900–01 to 1912–13, both inclusive.
Mr. McKINNON WOODThe information desired by my hon. Friend is as follows:—
— North of Scotland College of Agriculture. Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture. West of Scotland Agricultural College. £ £ £ 1900–1 500* 1,000† 2,000 1901–2 500* 1,780 2,350 1902–3 500* 1,650 2,041 1903–4 500* 2,204 2,681 1904–5 2,285 2,123 2,937 1905–6 2,252 2,031 3,031 1906–7 2,349 1,970 2,848 1907–8 2,618 1,773 3,142 1908–9 4,301 3,283 3,615 1909–10 8,975 6,294 8,602 1910–11 10,791 6,498 10,764 1911–12 12,229 7,081 10,118 1912–13 13,826‡ 8,303‡ 11,983‡ * Paid to Aberdeen University (Agricultural Department). † Paid to Edinburgh School of Rural Economy. ‡ Estimated.