§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware of the serious want of a road in the district of Letters, on the western mainland of Ross-shire, a district containing upwards of 400 souls; and that, in consequence, serious results frequently ensue owing to the extreme difficulty in obtaining the attendance of the medical officer; whether he is aware that the people, owing to the same circumstance, have to carry their dead on their shoulders for miles over a wild and dangerous mountain tract when the state of the weather will not permit the use of a boat, and that the people are willing to give free labour as their contribution towards the construction of a cart road; and whether the Government will increase the grant of —400 for roads in this and other parts of the western mainland of Ross-shire?
§ THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Sir G. TREVELYAN,) Glasgow, BridgetonI have nothing to add to my reply of yesterday except to recommend the hon. Member to lay the details he mentions before the County Council of Ross and Cromarty, who, as I have 563 pointed out on several occasions, are primarily responsible for the impartial expenditure of the grant amongst the poorer districts. I am not prepared to recommend a special grant to the western mainland of Ross-shire beyond their share in the —3,000 already granted.