§ MR. MAURICE HEALYI beg to ask tile Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether any step has been, or will be, taken in connection with the improved mail service between England and Ireland to introduce an improved method of transhipping the mails at Kingstown and Holyhead?
§ MR. HANBURYNo step has been taken to introduce an unproved method of transhipping, the mails at Kingstown and Holyhead in connection with the improved service between England and Ireland, which is to commence on the 303 1st prox. The matter has been considered from time to time for many years past, but no plans have, up to the present, been proposed which meet with the concurrence of all parties concerned. The question is full of difficulty; but the Post Office is prepared to consider favourably any fresh plans on which the railway company and the packet company may be in agreement.