§ DR. CLARK (Caithness)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he intends to submit the Supplementary Estimates for the proposed works in the Western Highlands; and whether it is the case that contracts have been entered into, and are now being carried out, before the Estimates have been submitted?
§ MR. GOSCHENI hope it may be possible to prepare and lay on the, Table an Estimate for the proposed works in the Western Highlands before Whitsuntide, and we shall propose to take it on one of the early days of Supply. A contract has been made for an extension and improvement of the Mail Service, but I am not aware that any contract for works has yet been entered into.