§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster-General, whether a post office has yet been selected and a postmaster appointed at Ferrybank, Arklow; whether he can say who has been appointed awl where the office is situated; and, whether, before making the selection of the office and appointing a postmaster, due consideration was given to a memorial signed by the principal inhabitants of Ferrybank urging certain premises as most suitable and convenient to the people to be served by the said post office, and in favour of Mr. Patrick Bradford as the most suitable person to have charge of the office.
§ MR. HANBURYArrangements have been made for opening a post-office at the premises of the Arklow Stores, Ferrybank, Arklow, and Mr. E. Seward (manager of the provision department at the stores) has been appointed sub-postmaster. The premises on which the post-office has been placed were reported to be the only ones suitable, and the selection had been already made when the memorial respecting Mr. Patrick Bradford was received.