§ MR. VESEY KNOXI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he can state what arrangements have been made in connection with the change in the hour of despatch of the Irish daily mail to secure an acceleration of delivery in English provincial towns, especially Liverpool, so as to secure delivery of Irish letters during business hours?
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. R. W. HANBURY,) PrestonThe Post Office always foresaw, and its representative on Mr. Robertson's Committee clearly stated, that the later departure from Dublin of the day mail for England must involve a later arrival at Liverpool and other English provincial towns. In deference, however, to the strong feeling of the Irish people that the advantage gained by the later despatch from Dublin was sufficient to counterbalance any inconvenience which might be occasioned by the later arrival in England, the Treasury decided to sanction the new arrangement. I fear, therefore, that the inconvenience is one which is inevitable.