[313] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, April 9, and May 12, 1904, p. 1,239 and 1,246 to 1,268.

[314] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, March 16, 1903, p. 856.

[315] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on the Post Office Establishments, 1897; q. 3,214 and 4,206.

[316] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, March 10, 1887, p. 1,733.

[317] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, April 24, 1902, p. 1,189.

[318] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, March 9, 1903, p. 113.

[319] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, April 7, 1903, p. 1,242.

[320] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, February 24, 1903, p. 670.

[321] Who’s Who, 1905, O’Brien, P., M. P. since 1886; mechanical and marine engineer. In 1895 Mr. O’Brien had been elected to Parliament by a majority of fourteen votes.

[322]Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, July 3, 1899.