§ MR. M'CARTAN (Down, S.)asked the Postmaster General, with reference to the increased mail accommodation between Belfast and Newtownards, Downpatrick, and other towns in County Down, Whether the matter has been finally Bottled; and, whether he will state the annual amount now paid the Belfast and County Down Railway Company for present service, the offer made to the Company for additional 1712 services required, and the amount required by the Company for such additional services?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES) (Cambridge University), in reply, said, the amount now paid to the Belfast and County Down Railway Company was £650 a-year; and in consideration of a certain improved and extended service he had made a final offer to the Company considerably exceeding that sum. It was now under consideration, and he trusted it would be accepted. As soon as he received an answer he would communicate it to the House.