§ 32. Sir ROBERT HAMILTONasked the Postmaster-General the yearly cost of maintaining the wireless communication between Sanday and North Ronaldshay, in Orkney, and the estimated cost of installing a similar service between Lerwick and the Skerries, in Shetland.
§ Viscount WOLMERThe exact cost of maintaining the wireless installation between North Rondaldshay and Sanday cannot be stated without further inquiry, but is probably in the neighbourhood of £120 per annum. The apparatus is of an old type, and a similar system would not now be installed elsewhere. I will have inquiry made as to the cost of establishing a wireless service between Lerwick and the Skerries by means of modern apparatus, and will communicate the result to the hon. Member.