§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Great Southern and Western Railway Company are charging 4d. per firkin more than last year for single firkins sent from Ennis to Cork and intervening stations; and whether he will make any representation to the Company on the subject?
§ MR. MUNDELLAI am still in communication with the Waterford and Limerick and Great Southern and Western Railway Companies with regard to the increase in the rates for butter to which my hon. Friend refers. The rate from Ennis to Cork is a through rate, and the Waterford and Limerick Company admit an increase of 3d. per firkin. We have not succeeded in getting a definite answer; but I will inquire further, and communicate with my hon. Friend later on.
§ MR. T. M. HEALY (Louth, N.)Have the Irish railways accepted the principle that at least the old rates should be reverted to?
§ MR. MUNDELLAI cannot say that. There is evidently a conflict between 1362 the Companies. The whole matter is now before the Committee, and it had better be loft to them to inquire into it.