§ MR. DIXON-HARTLANDasked the Postmaster General, If there is any truth in the report that has appeared in the newspapers that the Post Office authorities have nearly completed negotiations for the purchase of the site of Christ's Hospital; and, if not, whether they have any intention of endeavouring to secure it?
§ MR. FAWCETTThe great increase of business in the various departments of the Post Office has raised the question of providing improved accommodation. This question is under the consideration of a Departmental Committee, which has not yet arrived at any conclusion as to whether a new site for buildings ought to be acquired or not. In these circumstances, it is scarcely 1332 necessary to say that no negotiations have been entered into with regard to the purchase of Christ's Hospital.
§ SIR HENRY SELWIN-IBBETSONasked, whether the question had been considered of selling the present valuable site of the Post Office, and erecting a new Post Office which would be nearer the principal railway termini—in the vicinity, for instance, of Bedford Square?
§ MR. FAWCETTOf course, the question has been carefully considered; but no definite conclusion respecting it has yet been arrived at.