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APPENDIX XXV.CONVEYANCE OF MAIL BY AIR.An Rúnaí, Coiste um Chuntais Phoiblí. At the meeting of the Public Accounts Committee on 12th March, 1959, I undertook to let the Committee have a note on ordinary mail conveyance by air. Ordinary First and Second Class mail, i.e., mail other than parcel post, for Great Britain is conveyed by a charter air service each evening, except on Saturdays, from Dublin to Manchester (no acceleration in delivery would be gained by using the charter service on Saturdays). If the load is too much for the aircraft the excess is sent by surface route from Dún Laoghaire to Holyhead. In addition, ordinary First Class mail (i.e., letters and postcards), posted too late for the charter service, is sent to London and Liverpool by air each morning, except on Saturdays and Sundays. Mail for Great Britain is not labelled or endorsed “air mail.” First class mail for the whole of the Continent of Europe is conveyed by air. The mail is prepaid at the ordinary foreign surface rates and air mail markings are not used. The main European despatches, which include items posted in the G.P.O., Dublin, up to 5 p.m., are conveyed by air to London Airport to connect with outgoing flights that evening; items for delivery in Western European capitals secure first delivery next day. Direct flights from Dublin to European cities are used for supplementary despatches. Second Class mail for Europe is conveyed by surface transport. Mail for extra-European destinations, including mail for Commonwealth countries, is conveyed by surface transport when postage is prepaid at ordinary surface rates. If air conveyance is required, it is necessary to prepay postage at the air mail rates and to affix air mail labels or endorse the items “Air Mail.” (Signed) L. Ó BROIN, Rúnaí, An Roinn Poist agus Telegrafa. 29 Aibreán, 1959. |
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