§ MR. MAGNIACasked the Postmaster General, Whether he will endeavour to procure from the Foreign Governments through whose territory the Mails for the East via Brindisi have to pass a reduction in the present heavy postal charges?
§ MR. MONSELLsaid, the transit rates referred to by the hon. Member were payable to the Governments of Belgium, 756 North Germany, and Italy. Those payable to the North German Post Office were fixed by a Convention concluded as recently as last April, and those payable to the Italian Government were settled only the other day. None of the rates charged were considered excessive, and as they had been so recently fixed, he feared nothing would be gained by asking for a reduction at present.