§ MR. MACFARLANE (Argyll)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, If he can say why it is proposed to move the Post Office at Oban from its present central position to one near the end of the town; and, if this is done, will an additional Post Office be given near the other end or in the office of The Oban Times?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. HENRY H. FOWLER) (Wolverhampton, E.), in reply, said, it was absolutely necessary to provide improved accommodation for the increased Post Office business at Oban; and as the premises hitherto used could not be adequately enlarged, removal elsewhere was unavoidable. The intended new office—the only suitable place that could be obtained—is near the railway station and one of the steamboat piers, and will afford very good accommodation. The Postmaster General will have inquiry made as to the necessity for a second office in any other part of the town.