§ MR. DALZIELI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the recommendations of his Department, embodied in a Report by the late Major Marindin, issued in January, 1897, as to the necessity of properly laying out Anstruther Station on the North British Bait way system, so as to afford the usual facilities for passing trains and avoid needless danger to life and property, has yet been carried out; and whether the 1098 provision of a second platform at this station, as suggested by the Board of Trade inspector, has been made; and, if not, what steps he intends to take to make the company carry out the recommendations.
§ MR. RITCHIENo, Sir: I regret to learn from the company that the directors have not come to a decision as to the alterations at the station. The Board cannot compel the company to make these desirable alterations, but I am in communication with the company on the subject.