HC Deb 06 August 1883 vol 282 cc1631-2
SIR EARDLEY WILMOT

asked the Postmaster General, How he proposes to accommodate with the parcel post those villages and rural districts where there is no regular Post Office, but only a bex let into or fastened to a wall, and opened by the 'postman when he calls for letters?

MR. FAWCETT

In answer to the hon. Member, I may state that, in villages and rural districts where there is no regular Post Office, it will be necessary for the senders of parcels to deposit them at the nearest Post Office. It is considered that difficulties would arise in the working of the Parcel Post if the collection of parcels from other places than Post Offices were authorized.