§ MR. THOMAS F. SMYTH (Leitrim, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he has received a copy of a resolution passed recently at a public meeting 684 held in Ballinamore, county Leitrim, protesting against the closing of four flag stations on the Cavan and Leitrim Light Railway to passenger and goods traffic; and, if so, will he say what action he proposes to take in the matter.
MR. BRYCEI have received a copy of the resolution referred to, and have informed the chairman of the meeting that the Irish Government have no authority to interfere with the action of the Cavan and Leitrim Railway Company in the matter complained of, but that it appears to be open to the ratepayers, under Section 47 of the Cavan, Leitrim, and Roscommon Light Railways Order, 1884, to make representations to the Board of Trade in respect of any alleged default on the part of the railway company in the working of the line.