§ MR. SEXTONasked the Postmaster General, What objection, if any, is en- 62 tertained by the Postal Department to the offer of the Midland Great Western Railway Company of Ireland—namely, that they provide a Mail Service of forty miles an hour between Dublin and the West, and that the price of the Service be fixed by arbitration?
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVREThe difficulty lies in the fact that the Railway Company have informed the Post Office that the proposed acceleration of the Mail Service would entail a cost on them which is found to be altogether out of proportion to the revenue which the correspondence produces. The subject of the acceleration of these Mails is one of great importance, and I will give it my earliest attention.