[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.