§ MR. MUNRO FERGUSON (Leith, &c.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty why the soundings that were being taken off the South-west of the Shetlands to complete the Chart 23,976, Sheet 2, were suspended; and whether it is the intention of the Government to further prosecute the work, and to complete the chart of Lerwick Harbour on the large scale?
THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Sir U. KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH,) Lancashire, ClitheroeThe soundings were not suspended, but were completed to the limit ordered. There is no intention to sound the deep sea in the vicinity at present. It has not been found practicable, in view of other requirements, to undertake the re-survey of Lerwick up to the present, although this is among the list for re-survey.