§ MR. SEELYasked the Postmaster General, Whether it is true, as stated in the "Standard" of yesterday, that the rate of postage on post cards between Great Britain and all the States of Europe, Turkey in Asia, the United States of America, Canada, and several other Countries, will be reduced to one penny on the 1st of April next; and, whether it is intended to extend the same advantages to all the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown?
§ LORD JOHN MANNERSSir, on the 1st of next month the charge upon a post-card sent from the United Kingdom to any foreign country or British Colony comprised within the Postal Union, to which the single letter rate of postage is 2½d., will be reduced to one penny. The charge for a post-card sent to any foreign country or British Colony in the Postal Union, to which the single letter rate of postage is about to be reduced to 4d., will from the same date be reduced to 1½d., with one penny additional when sent via Brindisi. Post-cards cannot be sent to any Colony or Dependency of the British Crown which is not in the Postal Union.