DR. CAMERONasked the Postmaster General, Whether it is true that in the re-arrangement of the telegraphic charges between Great Britain and Germany and Holland, which came into operation on the 1st of January last, the additional shilling formerly charged on messages from provincial offices has been done away with; and, if so, whether he contemplates, in the case of telegrams to other foreign countries, the abolition of the differential rate at present charged on messages from the provinces?
§ LORD JOHN MANNERS,in reply, said, that the new tariff with regard to telegraphic messages between Great Britain and Germany and Holland came 1508 into operation on the 1st of January. Under its operation, the additional charges made upon provincial messages over London messages had been abolished; and it was intended, as opportunity occurred, to do away with the differential rate which still prevailed in the case of provincial messages to other foreign countries.