POST OFFICE—THE WEST INDIAN MAIL SERVICE—SUBSIDY TO THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY.

HC Deb 30 June 1882 vol 271 c936

LORD CLAUD HAMILTON

asked the Postmaster General, If he would inform the House of the amount of the subsidy paid to the ROYAL Mail Steam Packet Company for carrying the mails to the West Indies, and the amount of the net receipts from the Ocean postage?

MR. FAWCETT

, in reply, said, that the amount paid to the ROYAL Mail Steam Packet Company as an annual subsidy under contract was £80,500, and the amount of net receipts from the ocean postage was £28,000.