§ LORD COLIN CAMPBELLasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether the attention of the Government has been drawn to the want of telegraphic communication between the mainland and some of the outer Hebrides, and to the possible danger arising from such want in the event of war?
§ SIR THOMAS BRASSEYThe extension of telegraphic communication on the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland might, in certain circumstances, be desirable; but the Admiralty do not consider that the large expenditure necessary for this purpose should be incurred at present.