POST OFFICE—ARTICLE 6, POSTAL CONVENTION OF PARIS—SEIZURE OF ARTICLES PASSING THROUGH THE POST.

HC Deb 14 March 1882 vol 267 cc882-3

MR. HEALY

asked the Postmaster General, Whether it is true that Her Majesty's Government have interpreted Article 6 of the Postal Convention at Paris, which declares— In case of the loss of a registered article, there is to be paid an indemnity of 50 francs to the sender by the administration upon whose territory the loss has occurred, to mean cases of "accidental" loss, and not to seizures, as in the case of the Irish World; "if so, whether they have communicated their views to the American Government or to the other Signatory Powers, what is the date of the communication, and where its terms may be referred to?

MR. W. E. FORSTER

said, he would answer the Question on behalf of his right hon. Friend. The words of the Convention were taken as applying to articles which were not to be found. No communication had been made on the subject to any of the Signatory Powers.