§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will state whether the Northern Lighthouse Commissioners have yet decided to establish a light and fog signal on the Island of Rona, thirty-nine miles north-east of the Butt of Lewis.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE, Carnarvon Boroughs)I have communicated with the Commissioners of Northern Light houses, who inform me that they adhere 1438 to the views expressed in my reply to a Question by my hon. friend on the 30th April last, viz., that they have not yet decided to propose the erection of a lighthouse and fog signal on North Rona, and that in view of the heavy cost which its establishment and maintenance would in volve, and the more pressing claims of other schemes, it is unlikely that the erection of a station there will be proceeded with in the near future.