§ MR. GILHOOLY (Cork Co., W.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether the scheme sanctioned in August, 1891, for the improvement of the salaries of rural postmen has been extended to the Strabane district; and whether James Sloane, a postman from Stranorlar to Drumkeen, has received the benefit of the said scheme; and, if not, why not?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Sir J. FERGUSSON,) Manchester, N.E.The scheme referred to was carried into effect throughout the United Kingdom in August last. It, however, applies only to rural postmen who do a full day's work. James Sloane, the postman from Stranorlar to Drumkeen, walks only ten miles a day, which does not constitute a full day's work, which is reckoned at twelve miles; and, therefore, he is not entitled to any increase of wages under the general revision. His wages, however, were raised a few weeks ago from 11s. to 12s. a week.