§ Mr. P. MEEHANasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the Great Southern and Western Railway Company of Ireland have raised the through rates from Liverpool to Mountmellick, Queen's County, per ton for the following articles: maize 5s. 7d., bran 4s. 4d., bacon 5s., grain 3s. 4d., hay 10d., meal 4s. 1d., flour 5s. 1d., pollard 4s. 10d., sacks 9s. 9d.; if he is aware that the actual increase in sea freight from Liverpool to Dublin is only 1s. to 1s. 9d. per ton; if so, whether, in view of the fact that the Great Southern and Western Railway Company have raised the through rates beyond the actual increase in sea freight on the old Water-ford and Central Ireland Railway system and of the terms of the amalgamation of that company with the Great Southern and Western Railway Company, he will say what action, if any, he intends to take in the matter?
Mr. RUNCIMANI would refer the hon. Member to a reply given on the 21st September to a similar question put by the hon. Member for the Ossory Division of Queen's County.