§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the nature of the agreement which exists between the Highland Railway Company and Messrs. MacBrayne and Company, contractors for the conveyance of Her Majesty's mails between Strome Ferry and Stornoway, and whether the agreement is of such a character as to give MacBrayne and Company the monopoly not only of the mails but of the goods and passenger traffic between Strome Ferry and the Island of Lewis?
§ MR. MUNDELLAI am not aware of the nature of the agreement to which the hon. Member refers, but no agreement with the Highland Railway Company can confer on Messrs. MacBrayne any monopoly with regard to the carriage of mails.