§ MR. FIELDTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Great Southern and Western Railway Company are not carrying into effect their amalgamation agreements; whether he will make inquiries respecting a case of eggs handed in to be forwarded at through rates from Clonmel to Birmingham by the new route via Wexford and New Ross, the consignment of which was charged the high local rate to Wexford where the case was detained one day before handing it over to the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway Company; and whether he will arrange that consignors of Irish produce shall receive the facilities promised at the time of amalgamation.
(Answered' by Mr. Wyndham.) A representation in the sense referred to has been received by the Department and will be inquired into.