§ MR. WEIRI bog to ask the Postmaster-General, in view of the fact that during the last nine years the letters delivered and posted at Stornoway have almost doubled, whilst during the same period the parcels delivered and posted have far more than doubled, will he consider the expediency of arranging for a faster boat to be placed on the Stornoway mail service, the subsidy for which has remained unchanged for a great many years.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONAlthough the amount of correspondence for and from Stornoway has increased, it is still very small compared with the cost of the mail service; and I should not be justified simply for postal purposes in incurring the heavy additional expense involved in order to secure the employment of a faster steamer on the service.