§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND () Fermanagh, N.I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether his attention has been called to the claims of David McGaw, of Enniskillen, for compensation for breach of contract by the Postmaster of Enniskillen; whether he is aware that Mr. McGaw recovered judgment against the Postmaster at the Enniskillen Quarter Sessions, and that the judge advised that the Treasury should be petitioned for compensation for Mr. McGaw; and whether, under these circumstances, the Treasury will give compensation?
* THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAISES,) University of CambridgeMr. McGaw's claims have frequently been under the consideration of the Treasury. After he had taken proceedings against the Postmaster of Enniskillen, in 1884, to obtain specific performance of an agreement to take a lease of the old post-office premises for 40 years (from 1879) at £40 a year, he was offered £200 to 1674 cancel the agreement. This he refused, and the Postmaster was compelled to execute the lease. Mr. Magaw has, therefore, no claim for compensation on that account.