§ MR. CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM (Lanark, N.W.)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether sheets of printed matter posted at Chancery Lane on the 26th and 28th of April were delayed by his express warrant; was any such sheet detained two days after the Secretary to the Post Office had written to say that the said sheet had been delivered; and will he give a Return of all letters (see definition of letter) which have been delayed for inspection during 1887 and 1888?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.)I am informed by the General Post Office that they presume that the hon. Member is referring to certain sheets printed on a kind of material which had never been previously seen in transmission through the post. No warrant was issued by me for their detention. Any delay which may have arisen in their delivery was owing to doubts as to whether they came within the Book Post Regulations, and whether they could be safely sent by post at all. I am informed that the sheets were sent to the despatching office at the same time as the instructions for their delivery. I cannot give the hon. Member the Return he asks for.