§ MR. W. REDMOND (Clare, E.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether he is aware that great inconvenience and loss is caused to the citizens of Kilkenny, especially the merchants and trading classes generally, by reason of the fact that the telegraph office in that city is closed at 8 o'clock p.m., while the offices in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Water-ford, and Belfast, with all of which places Kilkenny has important business relations, are open all night; and whether he will arrange to have the Kilkenny office open for the despatch and receipt of messages all night, or at least to midnight; and whether, in view of the fact that members of the staff are engaged until midnight, and that an extension of hours would convenience the public and increase the income of the Department without much, if any, additional cost, he will accede to this request?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. A. MORLEY,) Nottingham, E.In regard to the matter referred to in the question, Kilkenny is treated in the same way as other towns of the same size and importance. If, however, arrangements can be made, without additional cost, to despatch telegrams up to 11 o'clock, the hour up to which the staff are on duty for postal work, I shall be happy to give instructions accordingly.