§ MR. J. G. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether the attention of the Secretary for Scotland has been drawn to the passage in the Report of the Congested Districts Board for Ireland, recently issued, in which it is stated that the Board have offered guarantees for telegraph extensions to no less than eight places in the area under their control, and add that in few ways can so much satisfaction, if not real benefit, be produced as by the promotion of telegraphic extensions, and that there are now few places in the congested districts of Ireland that are not within a reasonable distance of a telegraphic office; is he aware that Apple-cross, Ross-shire, with a population of nearly 2,500, is situated at a distance of 15 miles from the nearest telegraph office; and will the Congested Districts Board for Scotland consider the advisability of providing the guarantee demanded by the Post Office for a telegraph extension to Applecross?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. A. GRAHAM MURRAY,) ButeshireMy attention has been called to the passage in the Report referred to by the hon. Member. Any application for telegraphic extension to Applecross made to the Congested Districts Board for Scotland will be considered, along with any others that may be sent to them from districts which have in terms of the Act been declared to be congested districts.