§ MR. HUGH ELLIOT (Ayrshire, N.)asked the Secretary to the Board of Trade, Whether he is aware that, in the month of May last, General Hutchinson, in a report to the Board of Trade, stated 1322 that a tunnel, a bridge, and certain viaducts, on the Girvan and Portpatrick Railway, were in need of repair "with the least possible delay;" and, whether these repairs have yet been effected by the Girvan and Portpatrick Railway Company, or whether the tunnel, bridge, and viaducts remain in the same condition as at the time of General Hutchinson's report?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE BOARD (Baron HENRY DE WORMS) (Liverpool, East Toxteth)I shall be happy, if the hon. Member wishes it, to furnish him with a copy of the Report he refers to. The Board of Trade are not aware whether the repairs recommended therein have been effected; but we are in communication on the subject with the Girvan and Portpatrick Railway Company, and also with the Glasgow and South-Western Railway Company, who worked the line until a recent date.