§ LORD RENDLESHAMasked the Postmaster General, Whether it is true that letters posted in Ipswich for Lound and other villages in the Lowestoft district on a Friday night are often not delivered till Monday morning; and if this is the case, does he see his way to a better arrangement of the postal service in that district?
§ LORD JOHN MANNERSSir, it is true that the delivery of letters in the Lowestoft district is in the condition stated in the Question of the noble Lord. It is also true that no better arrangement can be effected without inconvenience to the inhabitants of the villages in that district. The present arrangement of sending off the rural letter-carrier to Lound and other villages on the same line of post, without waiting for the Ipswich mail, was made in consequence of a memorial from the inhabitants, who prefer a delivery of the bulk of their correspondence at an early 9 hour to a later delivery, including a few letters from Ipswich.