§ MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)asked the Postmaster General, Whether about 25,000 newspapers, &c, for India and the Colonies are posted and not forwarded every year; in what manner are they destroyed; and, if any are sold as waste paper?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES) (Cambridge University)The exact yearly number of newspapers posted for India and the Colonies and stopped, either on account of insufficient payment of postage or of non-compliance with the conditions laid down by the Act of Parliament, cannot be stated; but it is thought that the number is not overstated by the hon. Member for Canterbury—25,000. Such of the stopped newspapers as bear the names and addresses of the senders are returned to them. The rest are consigned to the Stationery Office as waste paper, and are, I believe, sold.