§ MR. CHARLES DEVLIN (Galway)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been called to the use of Galway Bay by Allan Line and other ocean steamers, and by large war vessels, and to the position offered by this harbour for an expeditious mail service between this country and America; and whether, in future contracts for the carrying of mails between Great Britain and Ireland and Canada and the United States of America, he will favourably consider the representations made to him for the selection of Galway Harbour for these mail services.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN,) Worcestershire, E.Due consideration will be given to the question of making Galway the terminal port for the Atlantic Mail services when any new contract is about to be concluded. But at present I see no prospect of a change in the existing arrangements for the American mails. The mail service to and from Canada is under a contract made by the Dominion Government.