§ Sir C. YATEasked the Secretary for Scotland if he will give a return showing the nationality of the men working in the Scottish mines?
§ Sir J. BAIRDThe information desired is not at present available, and, until the work on the recent census is further advanced, it could only be obtained at a trouble and expense which could hardly be justified by the value of the result From figures which may be taken as approximately correct,' the proportion of miners in Scotland of alien nationality appears to be slightly in excess of 1 per cent.