§ MR. BADEN-POWELL (Liverpool, Kirkdale)asked the Postmaster General, Whether he has, during the past two years, been in correspondence with the Governments of any of the Australian Colonies, in regard to reductions in the postage rates between those Colonies and the United Kingdom; and, whether those Governments have expressed to him any desire for such reductions; and, if so, whether he can lay upon the Table copies of any such correspondence?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES) (Cambridge University)The Post Office has not, during the last 358 two years, been in correspondence with the Governments of any of the Australian Colonies in regard to reductions in the postage rates between those Colonies and the United Kingdom. There had been some correspondence with the Post Offices of Victoria and New South Wales on the subject of a proposal to establish post-cards between this country and those Colonies, but that correspondence would not, I think, be useful to the House, as it is not yet complete.