§ MR. MACFARLANE (Argyll)I beg to ask the Postmaster General if he has received a Petition from upwards of 400 persons, praying for the extension of the telegraph to the Island of Canna for the accommodation of a large fishing population frequenting the harbour in that Island; and if he is prepared to grant the extension asked for?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. A. Morley,) Nottingham, E.I have received the Petition to which the hon. Member refers. An extension of the telegraphs to Canna would lie very costly; and as the receipts would not he sufficient to cover the expenses, estimated at a, sum equivalent to £260 a year, it is not in my power to carry out the extension unless a guarantee can be given.