§ MR. JOHN REDMOND (Waterford)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether the Papers laid in connection with the permission given the London and North Western Company to sail boats to and from Carlisle Pier, Kingstown, includes the report of Captain Meldrum, nautical adviser to the Post 444 Office, made since the London and North Western Company applied for permission to go to the pier, as to the feasibility of sailing two lines of steamers from Carlisle Pier without interference with the mail service.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONAll the correspondence asked for by the hon. Member is given in the Paper issued to-day. The report of the late Captain Meldrum did not form part of the correpondence between the Post Office and the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company and the London and North Western Railway.
§ MR. JOHN REDMONDWhy does the right hon. Gentleman refuse to include that report from the nautical adviser of the Post Office as to the suitability of this pier for the service?
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONIt is a confidential report to the Department.
§ MR. JOHN REDMONDAm I right in supposing it condemned the action of the Post Office in this matter?
[No Answer was returned.]