§ MR. FLYNN (Cork, N.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General if a Memorial has been received by the Post Office Authorities, largely signed by the traders and inhabitants of Liscarrall, asking them to open a Money Order Office and Savings Bank Department in that town; and, if, in view of the considerable business done and the important fairs held there, any steps will be taken towards affording those facilities asked for in the Memorial?
§ * THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES,) Cambridge UniversityI find that the Memorial referred to by the hon. Member was received on the 5th of June last, and was duly attended to. Liscarrall containsabout600inhabitants, and from a Return which has been taken it appears that only one money order was issued, during the four weeks ending the 8th June, to any resident in the place. The circumstances, therefore, would not justify a Money Order Office being opened there, unless a guarantee were given by the applicants to recoup the Department for any loss to the Revenue which might accrue from it. Offer has been made of a Money Order Office on these terms, but the offer has not been accepted, and as Postal Orders are already being sold at Liscarrall, I do not see that the Department can do anything further in the matter at present. The question of granting Savings Banks, irrespective of Money Order Offices, is under consideration.