§ MR. LAMONTI beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Trade whether his attention has been directed to a complaint made on behalf of the inhabitants of Millport and of Kilchattan Bay, that their business is hampered by the action of the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company in cutting off communication between Fairlie and those places during six months in the year; and whether, in the interests of the trade of Millport and of Kilchattan Bay, the Board of Trade will use their good offices with the railway company to induce it to maintain the connection throughout the year.
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. BONAR LAW, Glasgow, Blackfriars)I have communicated with the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company on the subject of the hon. Member's Question, and the companies have replied that there is not sufficient traffic during the winter months to warrant the continuance of two competing railway steamers, but the Caledonian Railway Company's steamers, which carry the mails, maintain a winter service between Wemyss Bay and Millport.