§ MR. R. N. FOWLERasked the Postmaster General, Whether his attention has been called to the practice of destroying newspapers directed abroad but insufficiently stamped; and, whether arrangements could not be made for charging the deficient postage on delivery, as is done in the case of letters?
§ MR. MONSELL,in reply, said, that the rules of the Post Office required that the postage on newspapers sent out of the country should be pre-paid, and as there were postal conventions with other countries in which this pre-payment was stipulated for, it would be impossible to make any general alteration in respect of the present practice.