§ Sir W. DAVISONasked the Postmaster-General whether all letters and postal packets addressed to places in Northern Ireland are sent direct to Northern Ireland either via Larne or Belfast; whether any such letters or packets are sent to Northern Ireland via Dublin; and whether, as letters and packets are frequently seized and destroyed in transit through the Irish Free State, there is any way of securing that a letter or packet intended for a place in Northern 'Ireland shall be sent direct via Larne or Belfast and not exposed to the risks attendant on transit via Dublin?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSAll letters and postal packets for Belfast and the neighbouring districts have, for some time past, been sent via Larne or by the other northern routes. The practicability of arranging for a similar diversion of the rest of the correspondence for Northern Ireland, without incurring undue delay, is at present under consideration with the Northern Irish Government. Meanwhile any letters or packets for places in Northern Ireland specially marked lot despatch viâ Larne or Belfast will hi diverted from the Holyhead route as far as possible.