MR. PATRICK O'BRIENI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as 932 representing the Postmaster General, whether, although the scales of pay at the Limerick and Cork Post Offices were the same until 1898, Cork men are now on a higher pay scale than Limerick; and what are the grounds which justify this difference, against which the Limerick postmen have unsuccessfully petitioned the Department.
§ MR. HANBURYAs stated in reply to a similar question asked by the hon. Member on the 1st August last, the general higher rate of wages at Cork and the greater size and importance of the town as compared with Limerick are considered to justify the payment of the Cork postmen on a higher scale.