§ MR. CAREW (Dublin, College Green)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he is yet in a position to make any statement as to the decision of the Treasury on the Reports of the Committee on the Acceleration of the Irish Day Mail Services?
§ MR. HANBURYI hope at once to make arrangements by which the mail service and sea passage between London and Dublin will be accelerated by 45 minutes each way. The mail trains will also start at more convenient hours in 415 the morning, 1¼ hour later from Euston and 45 minutes later from Dublin. This must be contingent, however, on the Dublin Steam Packet Company entering into a formal contract to expedite its service by 15 minutes and the Great Northern Railway accelerating the journey between Dublin and Belfast by at least 15 minutes, so as to allow of tin mail leaving Dublin at least 15 minutes later than at present. In both instance I understand that this will be done.