§ MR. MULDOONI beg to ask the Postmaster General why it was that Buncrana was not included in the Deny telephone area; whether any representations have been made to him on this subject; and whether he can see his way to have this town included at an early date.
LORD STANLEYI am not aware that the question of the inclusion of Buncrana in the Londonderry telephone
† See Page 402.1401 exchange area was raised when the area was specified for the National Telephone Company. Several applications for the inclusion of Buncrana in that area have been received since the passing of the Telegraph Act of 1899, but my predecessor and I have felt unable to assent to so large an extension of the National Telephone Company's area as would be involved in the inclusion of Buncrana in the Londonderry area. I am, however, prepared to open a Post Office exchange there and to provide a trunk connection with Londonderry if adequate support is forthcoming.