§ MR. BIGGARasked the Postmaster General, What reply has been given to the Memorial praying for a Sunday mail to Achill Island; and, whether, as the convenience asked for would serve a district extending over thirty miles, and convenience a population of 20,000 people, the facilities demanded can be granted?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Lord JOHN MANNERS)The Memorial for a Sunday post to Achill Island was refused on the ground that the weekday service was only maintained at a cost considerably greater than the correspondence, according to the usual rule, would warrant, and that there was no surplus revenue available to cover the cost of a Sunday service. I regret that, the circumstances remaining unaltered, I am not prepared to depart from the conclusion arrived at.