§ SIR LEONARD LYELL (Orkney and Shetland)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware of the prejudice prevailing in Shetland against taking service in the Navy owing to the employment of the pressgang in the early years of this century; and whether he will endeavour to remove this prejudice by sending ships of war to visit the ports of these islands, and particularly by ordering a part of the Channel Fleet to visit Lerwick in the course of its annual summer cruise, and so draw the attention of seamen to the favourable conditions of service offered by the Royal Navy?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. W. G. E. MACARTNEY,) Antrim, S.I am not aware of any prejudice in the Shetland Islands against service in the Navy, and no undertaking can be given with regard to a visit of the Channel Squadron to Lerwick.