§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Lord Advocate if he will state the maximum annual liability incurred by the Congested Districts Board up to the present time in providing guarantees for telegraph offices in the congested area, and the total number of telegraph extensions thus secured through the assistance of the Board.
§ * THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. A. GRAHAM MURRAY,) ButeshireI am informed by the Congested Districts Board that out of eighteen applications for telegraphic extensions they have offered their published terms of help in twelve cases. The maximum liability for the twelve is £184 5s., but the Board are not yet in a position to say in how many of these approved cases the parish councils will accept their offer.