§ MR. CONOR O'KELLY (Mayo, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether the resignation of the postmaster of Kircubbin, county Down, has been accepted; whether he is aware that for some time past dissatisfaction has existed at the manner in which the postal affairs of this district have been conducted owing to the fact that the person in charge of the post office has been engaged in other duties, and that special facilities are given to the present postmaster at Kircubbin to carry on his ordinary business by his having charge of the post office, and that, on his retirement from business, the said postmaster is selling the goodwill attached to the post office in addition to his ordinary business; and whether the Postmaster General will act on the suggestion contained in the memorial to him from the principal residents in the locality by appointing a successor to the present postmaster who will carry on the postal business independently of any other business, in view of the dissatisfaction referred to.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINThe sub-postmaster has not resigned his 1193 appointment nor intimated his intention of doing so. No memorial or complaint has been received by the Postmaster General expressing public dissatisfaction with the manner in which the duties of the office are performed. Those duties are reported to be discharged satisfactorily, and there is no reason to believe that the sub-postmaster allows his interest in his private business to affect his official work. The question of appointing a successor does not therefore arise.
§ MR. CONOR O'KELLYHave no memorials or complaints been received?
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINI have said that none were received by the Postmaster General.