§ MR. M'GHEEI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, with reference to 45 the proposed erection of a new post office at Lurgan, whether the site has yet been secured; and, if so, in what part of the town, and at what price; if he can state when the work will be commenced, and within what time it is expected to be finished; and, whether he can give any estimate of the probable cost of the building.
§ MR. ANSTRUTHER (for Mr. HANBURY)Neither of the two sites which have been under consideration has yet been secured for a new post office at Lurgan. Owing largely to the high prices asked for the sites, the estimated cost for site and building under either of the two schemes is so much in excess of the amount which the business would warrant that it has been necessary to consider very carefully how the expense can be reduced, and this question is still under examination.