§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland in view of the inability of the fishermen in the Island of Lewis to provide themselves with steam drifters for the prosecution of the herring fishing, will the Congested Districts Board consider the expediency of granting loans to Lewis fishermen for the acquirement of steam drifters, especially in view of the assistance rendered to the Irish fisheries by the Government.
§ THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Mr. Sinclair,) ForfarshireThe Question of granting loans to fishermen for the purchase of fishing boats has been care- 1660 fully considered, and has been rejected as, on the whole, inexpedient.