§ MR. J. H. HEATON (for Mr. J. HENNIKER)asked the Financial Secre- 880 tary to the Treasury, What is the cause of the delay in the extension of the Postal Union system to Australasia; and, is there a probability of the present high rate of postage on letters to and from the Australasian Colonies being reduced in a short time?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. H. H. FOWLER), in reply, said, it was not intended to lower the rate of postage to the Colonies; and no intimation had been received that the Colonies themselves desired any change to be made.