§ MR. A. M'ARTHURasked the Postmaster General, If he will be good enough to state why it has been thought necessary to raise the charge for private boxes in the Leicester Post Office from two to three guineas each; and, if a similar increase is to take place in other towns?
§ LORD JOHN MANNERS,in reply, said, that the charge for private letter 1208 boxes had been raised from one to two guineas in certain cases, and from two to three guineas in others. The change was adopted some years ago in the larger offices, and it was now thought advisable to extend it, in view of the greatly increased cost to which the country was put in providing new Post Office buildings of a superior description, and of increased charge for the clerks who must be in attendance at the Private Box Office. In some few cases even a higher rate had been fixed on.