§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether, as the Congested Districts Board undertake to provide half the local guarantee required by the Postmaster-General for the establishment of telegraph offices in the congested area, and as, with the assistance of the Board, arrangements have been made for the establishment of several telegraph offices, will the Board undertake to provide half the local guarantee required by the Postmaster-General for the establishment of money order and savings bank offices in congested districts, the Board's liability under such guarantee being only £1 5s. yearly for each office so established?
MR. GRAHAM MURRAYI am informed by the Congested Districts Board that no such application has ever been laid before them, but, if made, it will be fully considered.