§ MR. EDWARD BARRYI beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether any inquiries have yet been made in the principal towns of South and West Cork with a view to ascertaining whether the necessary local support may be available for the purpose of extending the telephone service to those districts; whether the inquiries, if made, have been found satisfactory; and, if so, will steps be taken to include South and West Cork in the forthcoming scheme recently promised to Killarney and other southern centres.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON,) TowerHamlets, PoplarInstructions have been given for a canvass in the district referred to to ascertain how many persons are willing to subscribe to telephone exchanges. No time will be lost 1493 in coming to a decision on the results of the inquiry.