§ MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether he will now state the number of newspapers and other publications sent from England to India and Australia, which, through various causes, were posted and not forwarded last year; if he cannot give this information, will he state the number posted in this Country, but not forwarded, last week, or any week this year; and, what is done with the newspapers and other publications which, through non-compliance with rules, are not forwarded to their destination?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. HENRY H. FOWLER) (Wolverhampton, E.)The number for last year cannot be stated; but I have ascertained that during last week 371 were stopped, mainly because the senders had failed to prepay them properly. I may inform the hon. Member that all stopped newspapers which bear the sender's address are at once returned to them.