§ MR. LYELL (Orkney and Shetland)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether his attention has been drawn to the unsatisfactory condition of the mail service to the South Isles of Orkney; and whether any practicable proposal has been made to remedy this state of things by starting a local steamer under subsidy from the Department to take the place of the present sailing packet?
§ SIR JAMES FERGUSSONThe matter is under inquiry, but I have not yet received a report upon it.