§ MR. MACFARLANE (Argyll)I beg to ask the Postmaster General why the submarine cable to Islay, which was broken on 10th February, has not been repaired; and if he can say when communication will be restored, as the absence of telegraphic communication with the mainland is the cause of much inconvenience to the community in Islay, Jura, and Colonsay?
§ MR. A. MORLEYThe cable ship of the Post Office has been at work on the East Coast of Scotland laying a cable to Inchkeith, and repairing the cable to Shetland, which was totally interrupted. She has, unfortunately, been much delayed by bad weather, but I 213 trust she will soon be able to return to London. She will then be got ready, without delay, for a trip to the West Coast of Scotland, in the course of which she will repair the cable to Islay.