§ MR. P. J. O'BRIEN (Tipperary, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he is aware of any proposal having been recently made to the Post Office by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company for an earlier delivery of the daily mails from Ballybrophy Junction to the towns of Roscrea, Nenagh, and Birr; if so, what was the amount asked for this service by the railway company, and what has been the result?
§ MR. HANBURYProposals have been made to the Post Office by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company which would provide not only for an earlier delivery of the day mails from Ballybrophy Junction to the towns of Roscrea, Nenagh, and Birr, but for postal improvements desired on other parts of the Company's line. The Postmaster General is not at liberty at the present moment to state the amount asked by the Company; and he has not yet arrived at a decision on the proposals.