§ Mr. LAMONTasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the Campbeltown and Glasgow Steam Packet Company is not maintaining the calls at Arran ports on the return journey from Campbeltown; and what steps he proposes to take to secure the continuance of the arrangement made?
§ Mr. BUXTONAs I informed my hon. Friend in answer to his question on the 22nd ultimo, the Steam Packet Company's are not bound under the mail contract to make a call at intermediate ports on the return journey from Campbeltown during November, when the service is performed by a single steamer. There has been no interruption in the service this year to two of the three intermediate ports, namely, Carradale and Lochranza, where there are piers; but at Pirnmill there is no pier, and the delay involved in calling there would have endangered the connection between the steamer and the train at Gourock. The regular service will be resumed on the 1st proximo.