§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDYI beg to ask the Postmaster-General if he will explain why there is a postal service from Cavan to Belturbet by the 9.50 a.m. train, and what is the cost of same; whether, seeing that Cavan has this service, he will explain why Belturbet is denied similar facilities; and will he say what would be the cost of a service from Belturbet to Cavan by the 9.10 a.m. train.
LORD STANLEYThe mail from Cavan to Belturbet by the 9.45 a.m. train was commenced many years ago. If the hon. Member desires me to inquire whether its continuance is justified, I will do so. Its cost cannot be precisely ascertained, but it is probably about the same as the cost of the suggested bag in the other direction which, as I told the hon. Member recently, would be about £6 or £8 a year. The amount of correspondence which it is anticipated would be included in a bag from Belturbet to Cavan would be so small that there is no sufficient ground for the establishment of the proposed despatch.