§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Lord Advocate, in view of the fact that a subsidy of £500 has again been granted by the Congested Districts Board (Ireland) to the Clyde Shipping Company for running a steamer from Cork to the south-western seaboard of Ireland, will the Congested Districts Board for Scotland consider the expediency of granting a similar subsidy with a view to facilitate the transit of fish from the Island of Lewis and the fishery districts on the western mainland north of Kyle of Lochalsh.
* MR. A. GRAHAM MURRAYThe Board are not prepared to grant a subsidy for the purpose suggested; they do not consider that any information now in their possession would warrant such an outlay on their part.