§ Mr. VINCENT KENNEDYasked the Postmaster-General whether the telegraphic wires to the North and West of England and Scotland are all underground; if so, how long have these telegraph wires been so carried, and how many cases of breakdown have occurred during the period referred to; and are any telegraphic wires to Ireland carried underground, and, if so, which, and will he state the number of cases of breakdown which have occurred, respectively, to the systems known as underground and overland?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe hon. Member is under a misapprehension in supposing that all the wires to the North and West of England and Scotland are underground, and it is hardly possible therefore to make the suggested comparison.