§ MR. JOHN O'CONNORasked the Postmaster General why the allowance for risk money to the officers of the travelling post offices in Ireland when dealing with registered letters, which the Postmaster General stated, on the 4th December, 1888, he had granted, was not yet paid, and if he intends paying back money for the two years he has had it under consideration?
§ *MR. RAIKESThe reason of the delay to which the hon. Member refers is that, in order to introduce uniformity of treatment, inquiry has to be made into the work of every travelling sorter in the United Kingdom. But I can promise that, before long, payment shall begin to be made and that when made it shall date on, and from, the 1st of December last.