§ MR. DOOGANI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster - General, whether he is aware that letters posted in Mountjoy Post Office, county Tyrone, after 9 a.m., do not arrive in the neighbouring county town of Dungannon till the following day; whether, in order to obviate the great inconvenience resulting from this long delay, which in some eases amounts to 24 hours, the residents of Mountjoy have petitioned the postal authorities for an evening collection similar to that which is in force in the adjoining districts of Arboe and Clonoe; and whether steps will be taken to grant the prayer of that 774 petition, which up to the present has not been acceded to.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. HANBURY,) PrestonIt is the case that letters posted at Mountjoy, near Dungannon, after 9 a.m. do not arrive at Dungannon till the following day. The reason is that Mountjoy, not being on the homeward route of the postman, has not hitherto had an evening collection, the only collection being made by the postman when delivering at 9 a.m. Instructions have, however, now been given for an evening collection to be made at the Mountjoy Post Office.