§ MR. HUGH LAW (Donegal, W.)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he has received a petition from a number of inhabitants of the district urging the construction of a station at Meenbanid, on the Burtonport-Letterkenny Line; whether he is aware that the working company have agreed to maintain the station and furnish half the cost of construction, provided that the Treasury will agree to contribute the other half out of their portion of the receipts of the line; and what action he proposes to take in the matter.
(Answered by Mr. Hobhouse.) The Answer to the first two parts of the Question is in the affirmative. I have given this matter my careful consideration, but I regret that I do not see any sufficient reason for a contribution from public funds. No doubt the hon. Member recollects the reply which was given to a similar Question of his addressed to the Financial Secretary of the Treasury on the 16th March, 1906.