§ Mr. WASONasked the Postmaster General whether he is aware of the un- 1088W satisfactory delivery of mails to Fair Island and Skerries, Shetland, and that it is impossible for the North of Scotland Steamship Company to drop mails as it did prior to the War; and if he will take into consideration the advisability of calling for tenders for a mail service from Scalloway, calling at some other places south, to Fair Island, thence to Sandwich and Lerwick, with a mail once a week to Skerries?
§ Mr. PEASEThe North of Scotland Steamship Company have never called at Fair Isle. They convey mails to and from the Sherries once a fortnight during the winter. There is very little postal traffic either with Fair Isle or with the Skerries. In both cases the existing postal service entails a heavy loss, and my right hon. Friend cannot incur further expense out of Post Office funds to provide more frequent steamer communication.