§ MR. HOLLANDasked the Postmaster General, What is the cause of the delay in providing an important seaport town like Port Madoc in Carnarvonshire with the telegraph, when villages in the vicinity have long since been so supplied; and to draw his attention to the imperfect and unsatisfactory state of the postal service at Port Madoc and the populous mining district of Festiniog, as well as other places?
§ MR. MONSELLsaid, in reply, that considerable difficulty had been experienced in endeavouring to come to an agreement with regard to providing Port Madoc with telegraphic communication. An agreement, however, had now been entered into, and in a very short time Port Madoc would enjoy the same advantages of communication as were enjoyed by the other districts referred to. He was not certain as to what irregularities the hon. Gentleman referred. He presumed that he referred to irregularities which had arisen from the same cause which produced irregularities in other parts of the United Kingdom—namely, the very severe weather of last winter, which rendered it impossible for railway trains to keep their time. However, arrangements had been made which he trusted would tend to the regularity of the trains.