MR. PATRICK O'BRIENI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, why, and at whose suggestion, the conveyance of mails over the direct mail road from Kilkenny to Castlecomer, and vice versâ, was discontinued, and when; by what route are these mails now sent; and what advantages, if any, are secured by the change?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADEThe reply of my right hon. Friend to this Question is as follows: The day mails to and from Castlecomer were formerly sent by way of Kilkenny, but for the last two years they have, at the suggestion of residents of Castlecomer, been forwarded viâ Ballyragget Station, a considerable improvement having been effected by the change in the hours of the post.