§ MR. HAMBROsaid, he would bog to ask the Postmaster General, If it is a fact that in certain parts of Wales the Post Office Mails art; now conveyed on velocipedes instead of on horses; and if this change has been found to add to the efficiency and economy of the Service?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONsaid, in reply, that no such change as that to which the hon. Gentleman alluded was at the present contemplated. An experiment had been tried, or would shortly be tried, to ascertain whether in certain rural districts these machines could be used by post messengers—on roads which were, not very hilly, and were otherwise adapted for the purpose. But as the practice of riding or driving upon velocipedes did not form part of the examination by the Civil Service Commissioners, he thought it would be necessary to allow the use of these machines to be optional.