§ MR. WILLIAM MOOREI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, if any part of the parcel post traffic between London and Dublin is carried round by Carlisle and Stranraer and viâ Portadown; is the same carried, or any part of it, by the same trains in England which convey the mails to the north of Ireland viâ Larne and Stranraer; what is the extra distance of this route over and above the direct route to Dublin; and has this contributed to the delays in the mails recently so much complained of in the north of Ireland; and, if so, will the practice be discontinued.
§ MR. HANBURYNo part of the parcel post traffic between London and Dublin is forwarded by way of Stranraer and Portadown, nor is any part of it carried by the same train in England which conveys to Carlisle the mails for the north of Ireland.