§ MR. TOMLINSON (Preston)asked the Postmaster General, Whether any progress is being made with the arrangements for extending the Parcel Post to New Zealand; and, when a Parcel Post between Great Britain and New Zealand may be expected to be established?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES) (Cambridge University)The Department is quite prepared to arrange for the extension of the Parcel Post to Now Zealand as soon as the Colony is ready, and proposals with this object have long since been made to the Colonial Post Office. But the Colony has, as yet, gained little experience of the working of its Inland Parcel Post, and while in this position has been unwilling to exchange parcels with the Mother Country. I propose, however, to communicate again with the Colony, and to urge the further consideration of the matter.