§ MR. DALY (Monaghan, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he is aware that on the Great Northern Railway, Ireland, third class passenger carriages are not attached to the limited mail trains between Dublin and Belfast; whether he can state what is the reason of this exemption on the Great Northern Railway, who have a monopoly of the train service of the northeast portion of Ireland; and whether he will take steps to have third class passenger carriages attached to the limited mail trains on the Great Northern Railway, as is the case on the other lines of railways in Ireland.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINThe question as to what passenger carriages should be attached to the trains referred to is not one for the Postmaster General to consider. He has no right to interfere 1202 with the discretion of the company in this matter.
§ MR. DALYBut when the Government arrange their mail contracts do they not make special stipulations with regard to the trains?
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINI am not aware of it.