§ MR. GILHOOLYI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he has received a memorial several months ago from the inhabitants of schull, County Cork, praying for a better postal service; whether he is aware that the mails are taken from Skibbereen to Schull by mail car, though the service of the light railway between Kibbereen and Schull could be availed of for their transit; and whether, in view of the importance of Schull as a fishing station and mining centre, he will provide a better mail and postal service for that district.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINThe hon. Member, no doubt, refers to the memorial from residents at Schull, Ballydehob, and other places, which he forwarded in August of last year. After full consideration of the matter an answer was sent in the following month to the effect that in view of the high cost of the postal service in the district, the additional expenditure involved in the alteration advocated by the memorialists was not warranted. The Post master General does not expect to find that any material alteration of the circumstances has taken place since August last, but he will have inquiry made on this subject and will communicate further with the hon. Member.