7. Mr. CATHCART WASONasked the Postmaster-General if he has received a Petition from the parish council of Nesting praying that the Post Office refuse to allow the mail contractors to withdraw their steamer from landing the Whalsey mails and substituting a small boat in lieu thereof; and if he will accede to the request of the petitioners?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThere is no record of such a Petition having been received. On the facts at present before me I doubt whether such a request could be acceded to without injury to the Shetland Packet Service as a whole.