§ SIR EDWARD WATKIN (Hythe)asked the Secretary to the Admiralty, What further steps, if any, have been taken in the protection of life and property to connect the improved lighthouses on Tory Island by electric cable with the mainland?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)(who replied) said, he had reason to know that Lloyds' were in communication with the Postmaster General on the subject of telegraphic communication with Tory Island, and 1276 added that Lloyds' Signal Station Bill was still before Parliament.