§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade, whether the engineer of the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses visited the Flannan Islands last June, in accordance with an arrangement with the Board of Trade, for the purpose of surveying a site for a lighthouse there, and, if so, will he state when it is proposed to commence the construction of the lighthouse?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. C. T. RITCHIE,) CroydonI am informed by the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses that the survey has been made by their engineer, but that there has not been time for his Report to be considered. In these circumstances the hon. Member will see that I am not in a position to make any statement as to the commencement of the work.