§ SIR JOHN HAY (for Mr. E. N. FOWLER)asked the Postmaster General, To what and to how many Sunday evening mail trains the rule he proposes refers; whether he will give a list of the stations at which the facility for posting will be supplied; whether the facility is for foreign letters only; and, how many boxes will have to be opened in London on Sunday evening to collect the letters to be forwarded under his proposed new arrangement?
§ MR. FAWCETTSir, the rule refers to 10 mail trains in all—namely, the Irish and the Scotch night mail trains from Euston; the Great Western night mail train from Paddington; the Midland from St. Pancras; the London and South-Western from Waterloo; the Great Eastern night mail trains to Ipswich and Cambridge respectively from Liverpool Street; the foreign and the inland night mail trains respectively from Cannon Street; and the London, Brighton, and South Coast night mail train from London Bridge. The facility is for inland letters and for Continental alike. My right hon. and gallant Friend is under a misapprehension in supposing that it will be necessary to open any letter-boxes in London except those attached to the mail trains just mentioned.