§ MR. ROUNDasked the Postmaster General, If he will consider whether it is possible to allow telegraph extensions to be made in rural districts under guarantee on easier terms than those which at present prevail, and which require not only the payment of working expenses and interest on outlay, but also the repayment during the period of the guarantee of the capital sum expended?
§ MR. FAWCETT,in reply, said, that telegraphs were always extended when it was reported that the extension was likely to pay. In other cases, where a report was made to the contrary, the extension was allowed under a guarantee. He had considered whether anything could be done to reduce the amount of the guarantee, and he had already submitted to the Treasury some proposals which, if adopted, would reduce the guarantee.
1878 In answer to a Question by Mr. HEALY,
§ MR. FAWCETTsaid, that the guarantee was given by any respectable inhabitants of the district.