DR. CAMERONasked the Postmaster General, Whether it is true that a man named Archibald Steele recently obtained from the Post Office at Lochboisdale, South Uist, two registered letters containing summonses of eviction, addressed to two crofters who were not 1771 anxious to receive them, and delivered them at the houses to which they were addressed; whether Steele had any authority to possess himself of letters technically the property of the Postmaster General; if he had authority, why the Post Office interfered in the matter; and, whether he will take steps to prevent unauthorized persons possessing themselves of registered letters not addressed to them?
§ MR. FAWCETTIt is the case, as supposed by my hon. Friend, that two registered letters were inadvertently delivered by the Postmaster at Lochboisdale. He has been cautioned, and steps will be taken to prevent the recurrence of the irregularity.