§ MR. MACALEESEI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, how it is intended to have house to house deliveries carried out in rural districts of Ireland; when will the new arrangements come into operation; and, when will rural auxiliaries get their pay for Sunday duty?
§ MR. HANBURYDeliveries to un-served houses in rural districts of Ireland will be afforded partly by extending the walks of existing postmen and partly by employing additional postmen. The work will be put in hand without delay, but it will necessarily take some time to complete. The rate of pay for Sunday duty, i.e., payment at a rate and a half recommended by Lord Tweedmouth's Committee, will in all cases date from the 1st of April 1897.