§ MR. MACALEESEI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether the English and late Dublin letters, which arrive at Newbliss about 8.40 a.m., lie in the post office till 11 a.m.; whether an additional postman has been appointed at Newbliss; and, if so, what are his duties and salary; and seeing that Newbliss is a town of about 100 houses altogether, 938 what difficulty is there in the way of having the 8.40 a.m. mails delivered immediately on their arrival.
§ MR. HANBURY:It is the fact that the English and late Dublin letters which arrive at Newbliss about 8.40 a.m. lie in the post office till 11 a.m. The explanation is that the mail from Belfast containing the Scotch and North of Ireland letters does not arrive until the latter hour, and a combined delivery is then made. An additional auxiliary postman has recently been appointed at Newbliss. His duties consist in making two deliveries of letters in and about Newbliss, and in fetching the Belfast morning mail from the station. His pay is 6s. a week with 5d. additional for Sunday duty. If the English and Dublin late letters were delivered immediately after their arrival at 8.40 a.m., the North of Ireland and Scotch letters would have to be called for by the public at the post office, as a third delivery by postman would not be justified.