DR. KENNYI beg to ask the Postmaster General, whether he has received a copy of a resolution passed unanimously by the Cork Harbour Commissioners, at their meeting on the 7th instant, in support of the memorials of the Londonderry Corporation and the Chamber of Commerce, addressed by those bodies to the Government on the subject of the alleged proposed change in the Canadian mail service, whereby Foyle would cease to be a port of call for said mails; and whether the Government have any such change in contemplation; and, if so, whether they will abandon it, and leave undisturbed the existing arrangements?
§ * THE POSTMASTER GENEEAL (Mr. RAIKES, University of Cambridge)I have received from Cork a copy of a memorial addressed by the corporation of that city to the Prime Minister on the subject of the Canadian mail service. 1135 The mail service between this country and Canada is provided by the Canadian Government; and I can only repeat the statement made on the 1st inst. by my hon. Friend the Under Secretary for the Colonies that the subject is one for that Government to deal with. The Imperial Post Office has really no voice in the matter.
DR. KENNYWill the right hon. Gentleman ask the Under Secretary for the Colonies to communicate with the Canadian Government on the subject, in order to prevent the Foyle from ceasing to be a port of call?
§ * MR. RAIKESThe hon. Member had better address a question to my right hon. Friend the Under Secretary for the Colonies. The question is rather one for the Colonial Office than the Post Office.