§ MR. MCDERMOTT (Kilkenny)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster-General, whether a memorial was forwarded to him last year, signed by the clergymen of all denominations, magistrates, poor law guardians, landowners, and traders of the district, praying for the establishment of a telegraph office at Whitegate, county Clare; whether a connection could be established with Mountshannon post office, which is about midway between Scariff and Whitegate; whether he is aware that three letter carriers are employed in the Whitegate district; and whether the prayer of the memorial will now be acceded to?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (for Mr. HANBURY)The memorial was received in 1897, and was answered by the Postmaster-General, to the effect that he would be prepared to establish a telegraph office at Whitegate under guarantee. He will again send particulars to the memorialists. The circumstances do not appear to justify the establishment of a telegraph 43 office at Mountshannon as well as at Whitegate. There is no full-time letter carrier in the Whitegate district, but three persons are employed in the delivery of letters for short periods in the day.