§ MR. JOYCE (Limerick)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the freight rate charged on goods from Listowel via Waterford to Liverpool is 30s. per ton, while from Newcastle West by the same route, twenty-four miles less land carriage, it is 32s. 6d. per ton; and that the freight from Newcastle West to Limerick is 6s. 3d. per ton, and from: Limerick to Liverpool 25s. per ton, so that the railway company charges 1s. 3d. per ton less for taking in and delivering out goods twice than they do for doing so only once; and will the attention of the Department of Agriculture be called to the matter with the view of facilitating the transit of Irish produce to the English market.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe Department has been in correspondence with the Railway Company in this matter, and has been informed that an exceptional rate of 30s. per ton for butter in casks, boxes, etc., from Newcastle West to Liverpool, via Waterford, has been issued.