§ MR. TUITE (Westmeath, N.)asked the Postmaster General, If it is a fact that Postmasters and letter receivers in Ireland were not paid the salaries due to them for money order business for the quarter commencing 1st September, 1887, until the 21st instant; and, if the Government intend to adopt any moans by which this great delay will be avoided, and which will insure the payment of their salaries when due to these hard-worked officials?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES) (Cambridge University)In reply to the hon. Member's Question, I have to state that sub-Postmasters and letter receivers in Ireland, as well as in other portions of the United Kingdom, are paid for money order business by commission, and that the computation of the commission, applying, as it does, to a very large number of transactions at several thousand offices, necessarily occupies a good deal of time; but I will see whether the interval between the end of the quarter and the payment of the remuneration can be shortened in any way.