§ MR. FLAVINI beg to ask the Secretary of the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster-General, whether he is aware that train connections at Limerick June- 1492 tion failed no less than 14 times during the months between June and December, 1898, causing a great public inconvenience in the delay of Her Majesty's mails in several portions of the South of Ireland; whether the Waterford and Limerick Railway Company, at the request of the Post Office, have consented to delay the departure of these trains for 20 minutes beyond the usual time, so as to remedy this public grievance; and, whether information can be given as to the number of times during the years 1898 and 1899 the connections at Limerick Junction failed owing to the late arrival of the trains on the Great Southern and Western system.
§ MR. HANBURYThe Waterford, Limerick and Western Railway Company have agreed to detain their train for 20 minutes, if necessary, to maintain the connection, but the train from Dublin is occasionally more than 20 minutes late in arrival. Between June and December, 1898, the connection failed 17 times. During 1898 the connection failed 19 times, mid it has failed six times this year.