§ Mr. LONSDALE (for Mr. Moore)asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that letters posted in Glasgow, Liverpool, and other cross-Channel ports reach Loughgall the following morning about 10.30, but are not delivered till the day following, and if posted on a Friday are not delivered till the following Monday; and if, having regard to the amount of the fruit-growing industry carried on in Loughgall and its necessarily perishable character, he will alter the existing system of delivery of such correspondence?
§ The POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. Sydney Buxton)Letters arriving at Loughgall by the second post at about 10.30 a.m. are at once delivered in the village. I regret that the cost of an extension of the second delivery beyond the village would not be justified, as the service is already carried on at a considerable loss to revenue, and the number of letters which would be benefited would be very small.