MR. FIELDI beg to ask the Postmaster General whether it is the intention of the Government to further expedite the mail service between Queenstown, Kingstown, and Holyhead; and whether they intend to maintain the Irish route for American mails?
§ MR. A. MORLEYMy answer to the first question is in the negative. There is no intention of changing the American mail route.
MR. FIELDI beg to ask the Postmaster General whether he will arrange that an additional mid-day mail train shall be run from Cork to Skibbereen, as requested by a public meeting of that and surrounding districts?
§ MR. A. MORLEYI have received copies of the resolutions passed at the meeting in question. The subject to which they refer has already received careful consideration, but I am sorry to say that the loss upon the present arrangements is so heavy that the additional charge required to effect the desired improvement of the mail service would not be justified.
§ MR. A. MORLEYNone at present.