§ 51. Mr. WATTasked the Postmaster-General whether he can make any arrangement with the owners of the vessel 1615 carrying the mails between Glasgow and the island of Islay whereby intimation is given to the traders and others in Islay when the weather is considered by the captain of that vessel too rough for the passage, so that these traders may then conduct their business with Glasgow by telegraph and so that commercial travellers and others in the island may be prevented at great inconvenience gathering to the port of embarkation only to return considerable distances?
The ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. Pike Pease)I will inquire whether it is possible to have a notice exhibited at the local post office on occasions when the steamer is prevented from sailing.