§ MR. ELLIS GRIFFITH (Anglesey)To ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the figures lately submitted to him by the Cork Harbour Commissioners 1467 in a statement dated 27th January, 1907, as to the arrivals of American mails in English towns on 9th January, 1907, were based on the supposition that the s. s. "Oceanic" had proceeded direct to Holyhead and landed the mails there; and whether he will take into consideration the advantages which would accrue to the country generally if Holyhead were submitted for Queenstown or Plymouth as the port of call for all homeward mails.
§ (Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) The hon. Member seems to be under a misapprehension. The Statement prepared by the Cork Harbour Commissioners, which is dated the 28th January, 1907, was based on the supposition that the mails brought by the s. s. "Oceanic" on the occasion in question were landed at Queenstown, as in fact they were. I have no power to dictate the port of landing of mails, such as the inward American mails, not carried under contact with the Post Office.