HC Deb 06 May 1892 vol 4 c281
MR. MAGUIRE (Donegal, N.)

I beg to ask the Attorney General for Ireland whether it is in the power of a Board of Guardians in Ireland to bind the ratepayers of the Union to guarantee the expenses of a telegraph station to be erected within the Union?

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. MADDEN,) Dublin University

Yes, under the 8th section of the Post Office Act of 1891, Guardians, as the Rural Authority, may undertake to pay any loss sustained by reason of the establishment of a telegraph office.