§ Mr. WATTasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether his department has taken into consideration the construction of a mid-Scotland canal from Granton on the Forth to Yoker on the Clyde, suitable for war vessels passing to and from Rosyth and the West Coast of Scotland; whether he proposes to take any action in this matter; and, if not, will he say whether it is entirely the cost which prevents his department moving in the matter?
§ Mr. McKENNAThis question has been considered by the Admiralty on more than one occasion, and the conclusion arrived at has been that the expenditure necessary to make this canal of any use would be enormously out of proportion to the value to be got from it.