§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Lord Advocate, in view of a statement contained in the Appropriation Accounts, 1898–9, under Class 7, Vote 3, to the effect that the account of the Congested Districts (Scotland) Fund includes a charge of £403 13s. 2d. for the erection of minor lighthouses erected on the coasts of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, will he state the names of these lighthouses, and where they are respectively situated.
§ *Mr. A. GRAHAM MURRAYIf the hon. Member will refer again to the Appropriation Accounts 1898–9 from which he quotes, he will find that the sum he mentions was not expended for the erection, but for the maintenance of minor 739 lighthouses, as explained in paragraph 4 of the Controller and Auditor General's Report attached thereto. The names of the lighthouses so maintained are given at page 10 of the Appendix to the first Report of the Congested Districts Board.