§ MR. AGAR-ELLISasked the Postmaster General, Whether it is owing to the financial difficulties in the Post Office this year that telegraph works in rural districts which had been sanctioned and promised have been stopped; and, if so, when the public may expect them to be resumed?
§ MR. MONSELLSir, pending the consideration of the questions now before the Committee on Public Accounts, the telegraph extensions in rural districts have been suspended. It cannot at present be stated when they will be resumed.