MR. BERKELEYsaid, he would beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, If the Contract for carrying the Ostend and Calais Mails, tendered for on the 2nd of February, 1863, has been awarded to any of the parties tendering; and, whether J. G. Churchward is to remain with the old Contract?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERstated, in reply, that no final award had been made of the Contract for carrying the Ostend and Calais Mails, tendered for on the 2nd of February, but the Treasury and the Post Office were in communication on the subject, and probably in the course of a few days he would be able to announce that a decision had been arrived at. The old Contract, ac- 1332 cording to the view of the Government, remained, of course, in force till June, and the necessity for a new arrangement did not arise till that period.