§ MR. CRILLY (Mayo, N.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General if in April last he received a largely signed Memorial from the inhabitants of Glen-hest, Newport, County Mayo, asking that a post office should be established in that district; stating that as many as 160 families would be benefited by the proposed post office, the nearest existing one at present being at Newport, which is five miles away from Glenhest; and if the Postmaster General can now say if he has favourably considered the Memorial addressed to him?
§ *THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES,) Cambridge UniversityThe subject to which the hon. Member refers has been carefully considered, but it appears that there are only eight or nine letters a day for Glenhest and the neighbourhood, and I regret that the establishment of a post office, as desired, would entail expense quite disproportionate to the Revenme front these letters. Indeed, the postal service to Newport, where the Glenhest letters are called for, already exceeds the entire Revenue.