§ SIR EDWARD BIRKBECK (Norfolk, E.)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether he will cause inquiries to be made into the present system of delivering letters and papers in rural districts, with the view of granting a more extended delivery to labourers' cottages and others, who at the present time frequently have to pay one penny for each letter or paper on delivery?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. HENRY H. FOWLER) (Wolverhampton, E.)The hon. Baronet's Question is very similar to one which was answered on the 1st instant, and in reply I may repeat what I then stated?—namely, that the Post Office is constantly engaged in extending the official delivery of letters in the rural districts irrespective of distance, and in no case is the accommodation withheld where it is shown to be warranted by the correspondence. If the hon. Baronet will inform me of the locality to which he specially refers the Postmaster General will cause inquiries to be made, with the view, if possible, of extending the postal delivery.