§ Mr. CROOKSasked the Postmaster-General if he will state the total cost of the Government wireless telegraphy station at Bolt Head up to the date of its being open for public business: the present cost of running the station; the revenue derived from inward and outward messages from and to shipping since its opening; the number of inward and outward messages week by week since its opening; and the number of messages calling for assistance to shipping in distress?
§ Mr. SYDNEY BUXTONThe capital cost of the Post Office Wireless Telegraph Station at Bolt Head has been about £2,000, and its annual cost, including allowances for interest and depreciation, is estimated at about £750. The work of the station hitherto has been chiefly experimental and in connection with the arrangements for giving effect to the International Radio-telegraphic Convention. A considerable number of ships report their position to Bolt Head in passing, but happily no messages have had to be received from ships in distress.