§ MR. MACALEESE (Monaghan, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster-General, if a recently appointed messenger to the Newbliss Post Office is paid the salary of 3s. 6d. a week; and, what are the duties 905 this messenger has to perform, and upon what test was the salary of 3s. 6d. a week based.
§ MR. HANBURYThere is no messenger employed at the Newbliss Post Office at the salary named. The Sub-Postmaster of Newbliss receives an allowance of 3s. a week to provide for the conveyance of certain mail bags between the post office and the railway station. Inquiry is being made as to the time occupied and the adequacy of the allowance.