§ Mr. WILLIAM ABRAHAMasked the Postmaster-General the cause of delay in the delivery of letters in Dublin from Athy and Wexford; if he is aware that letters from these towns reaching Dublin at 1.40 p.m. are not delivered before 6.10 p.m., thereby causing inconvenience to business men and others; whether any satisfactory reason can be given for the holding over of letters in the General Post Office for four hours or more; and is the practice of stamping the time of delivery of letters followed in Dublin?
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§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELLetters from Athy and Wexford reach the Dublin Sorting Office at about 2.5 p.m. and 1.55 p.m. respectively, too late to be included in the delivery commencing at 2.0 p.m. The postponement of that delivery would cause delay to a much larger amount of correspondence from the rest of Ireland, the North of England and Scotland and accordingly could not be justified. The practice of stamping the time of delivery I of letters is followed at Dublin except in the case of letters which fall into the first morning delivery and those which reach Dublin by the Day Mail Travelling Post Offices.