§ Mr. O'SHAUGHNESSYasked the Postmaster-General why the postal authorities have refused the request of the Kilfinny Co-operative Agricultural and Dairy Society, Limited, to have a letter-box place at Kilmacow Cross and an evening collection of letters there with the view of having greater postal facilities for the sale of their dairy produce between them and purchasers in different parts of England, having regard to the fact that the chairman and other members of the society undertook to enter into an agreement whereby they would pay annually to the Post Office any Joss occasioned by the change; and whether he is aware that if those facilities were granted a larger revenue would accrue to the Post Office which would more than counter-balance any extra expense occasioned thereby?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELI am quite willing to give the letter-box and evening collection if the cost is borne locally and does not fall on the Post Office. The society desired to set against that cost the postage paid on all the letters for the evening collection, but as the greater number of such letters would probably be transferred from the morning collection, the result would merely be to increase the existing loss on that post.