§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, if he will state what progress has been made with the negotiations with the North British Railway Company for the conveyance of the Stornoway mails, via Mallaig; and in view of the unsatisfactory nature of the present mail steamer service to Stornoway, will every effort be made to secure a fast and well-equipped steamer for the new service between Mallaig and Stornoway.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN,) Worcestershire, E.The Postmaster General has for some time past been in communication with the North British Railway Company as regards the practicability of using the Mallaig route for the mail service to Stornoway and other places, when the new railway to Mallaig is opened; but time tables have not yet been issued by the company, and the Postmaster General is awaiting further information from them.