§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland whether the Government have agreed to grant a subsidy to the Highland Railway Company towards the cost of extending their line from Strome Ferry to Kyleakin; and, if so, whether the grant will be made upon the condition that the pier at Kyleakin shall not become the private property of the Highland Railway Company; upon what conditions generally the grant will be made; and whether, having regard to the great need of railway communication in the West Highlands, the Government will make a grant in and of railway extensions to Ullapool and Aultbea?
§ THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Sir G. TREVELYAN,) Glasgow, BridgetonThe grant of £45,000 to 536 the Highland Railway Company, towards the cost of extending their line from Strome Ferry to Kyleakin, has been made on the condition that the money shall be paid on the line and pier being opened for traffic; and that, whilst the pier will be deemed part of the undertaking of the company, it will be subject to the provisions of that company's Bill as passed by Parliament. I am now in communication with the Board of Trade about the regulations which should be adopted with regard to the pier. The Treasury has not sanctioned any other grant in and except that on account of the Kyleakin extension and pier.