§ MR. M'CARTANI beg to ask the Postmaster General whether his attention has been called to the necessity of a post office at Barnmeen, near Rathfriland, County Down; whether he is aware of the thickly-populated country around Barnmeen, and the very great inconvenience which the want of a local post office involves, and that it was shown at the last Parliamentary Revision Sessions held at Rathfriland the difficulty of proving service of notices of objection sent by post to persons living in Lurgan-cahone, Drumgreena, and the other adjoining townlands; and whether he will consider the advisability of establishing a sub-post office near Barnmeen Chapel for the convenience of the people of the district?
§ SIR J. FERGUSSONA Memorial has been received for the extension of the official delivery to the places mentioned in the question, and for a wall letter box at Barnmeen; but, as the Postal Service generally in the neighbourhood of Rathfriland is already carried on at a loss to the Revenue, it is not practicable to increase the accommodation.