§ MR. BIGGARasked the Postmaster General, Whether it is the fact that there is no Post Office on Tory Island; whether he is aware that letters for the island are frequently delayed a fortnight, and even a month, on the mainland, and that letters reach the island from time to time without envelopes, wet, and occasionally torn to pieces; if the number of letters for this place average a total of seventy a week; whether representations upon this subject have been made to the Bight honourable Gentleman by the Reverend J. J. O'Donnell; whether a contract was entered into, a few months Ago, between the Post Office authorities and a resident on the island under which the latter agreed to convey the letters to and from the island for six shillings a week; whether this contract has been cancelled; if so, on what grounds; and whether he can see his way to establish a more regular postal communication with the island in question?
§ MR. FAWCETTSir, the facts about the postal arrangements on Tory Island are, I fear, as the hon. Member describes. No contract, such as he mentions, for the conveyance of letters from the mainland has been entered into, and I can only say that if he knows any suitable person who will convey them upon the terms described, I shall be glad to arrange with him.