§ MR. J. G. WEIRI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Commissioners of 1376 Northern Lighthouses have reported that a lighthouse on Tiumpan Head is among the first eight in a list of works which the Committee consider necessary for the more efficient lighting and marking of the coasts of Scotland; that Tiumpan Head is a constant source of danger to the large fishing population in the Point district, Island of Lewis; that in December last 19 Lewis fishermen were drowned in Broad Bay; that several fishermen from the east coast were recently lost at Tiumpan Head Point; and that these disasters would probably have been averted if there had been a lighthouse at this place; and whether, in view of these facts, arrangements will be made to put this work in hand without delay?
§ MR. J. BRYCEThe Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses have not yet obtained the statutory sanction of the Trinity House to the erection of a lighthouse on Tiumpan Head, and they have not included this work in their Estimates for the coming year.