§ MR. J. F. HOGAN (Tipperary, Mid)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether a memorial containing upwards of 200 signatures, including those of the local parish priest and curate, has been received from Clonakenny and Couraganeen, parish of Bournea, County Tipperary, requesting the establishment of a Sunday post for the general public convenience, which is only opposed by a small minority; and whether it is proposed to take any steps to meet the wishes of the great majority of the residents in this respect?
§ MR. HANBURYA memorial containing 120 signatures, including those of the local parish priest and curate, has been received from Clonakenny and Couraganeen, requesting the establishment of a Sunday post from Roscrea. Under regulations of long standing a Sunday post can only be established in a rural district on receipt of a memorial signed by the recipients of not less than two-thirds of the correspondence for the places affected, and in the present instance it is found from returns taken that the memorialists receive about one-fifth only of the correspondence for the Roserea and Clonakenny post. In the circumstances the Postmaster General is unable to comply with their request.