MR. PATRICK O'BRIENI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether there is any contract at present between the Post Office and the Great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland for the carriage of American and other mails to Queenstown and other places; if not, when did the last contract expire; and why has no new contract been made by the Post Office?
§ MR. HANBURYThere is a mail contract existing between the Postmaster General and the Great Southern and Western Railway Company, which applies to the conveyance of American, as well as other mails between Dublin and Queenstown and other places.