§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Lord Advocate, whether steps will be taken to put the Harbour of Portmahomack into such a condition that fishing boats may be able to enter at all states of the tide?
§ * THE LORD ADVOCATEThe Harbour is in the hands of private trustees, who decline to spend more money upon it. The estimated cost of the work, between £4,000 and £5,000, places it practically outside the category of the undertakings contemplated by the West Highlands and Islands Works Act, and the Fishery Board are, I understand, not prepared to spend so large a sum upon it when there are other cases of more importance to be considered. I cannot, therefore, hold out expectation that any addition to the harbour works can at present be constructed out of public funds.