§ MR. CHARLES CRAIG (Antrim, S.)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that inconvenience is being felt in business circles in the West Indies and Demerara owing to the practical discontinuance of the regular mail service between the United Kingdom and the latter Colony; and whether he will endeavour to arrange a regular and permanent mail service to the Colony in question.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONInconvenience has no doubt resulted from the recent curtailment of the opportunities available for the conveyance of mails to Demerara, and I am considering to what extent improved arrangements are practicable.
In reply to a further Question the right hon. Gentleman promised that the service to the North-West Indian Islands should likewise be inquired into.