Colonel Hutchisonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what electric power for industrial purposes is supplied by either the Morar or Lochalsh hydroelectric schemes; and what is the price charged.
§ Mr. WoodburnElectricity from the Morar Station is used for small industrial power purposes including kippering, ice making and Highland home industries. At Lochalsh the supplies are mainly used for domestic purposes, but demands are now arising for small industrial purposes including quarries and a saw-mill. The tariff for industrial purposes is that operating throughout the North of Scotland, apart from certain areas supplied from diesel plant, namely: either
(a) first 600 units per quarter—21d. per unit, All additional units per quarter—1½d. per unit, or
Board Resigned Appointed Northern … Norman Robertson, Esq., Harris The Rev. Murdo MacLeod, Tarbert, Harris. D. A. Plowman, Esq., Wick Treasurer J. A. Farley, Nairn. North-Eastern … Fred Martin, Esq., C.B.E., Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire. Baillie Harold J. Milne, M.C., Fraserburgh. Professor D. R. MacCalman, Aberdeen Professor William M. Millar, Aberdeen. Professor R. S. Aitken, Aberdeen Professor W. C. Wilson, Aberdeen. Eastern … R. A. L. Duncan, Esq., Auchterarder Dr. W. L. Burgess, C.B.E., Dundee. South-Eastern … Professor Sir Sydney Smith, C.B.E., Edinburgh. Professor D. M. Dunlop, Balerno, Edinburgh. Professor J. C. Brash, M.C., Edinburgh Professor W. Oliver, Edinburgh. Western … Alex. S. MacLellan, Esq., Glasgow Recent vacancy not yet filled.