§ MR. OCTAVIUS V. MORGANI beg to ask the Postmaster General whether he is now prepared to give greater publicity to the fact that Government stock can be purchased through the agency of the Post Office Savings Bank, by means of advertisements or otherwise; whether he can state the amount at present invested through the above agency; and, whether he will cause to be re-issued, and sold at a low price, "Aids to Thrift," originally pub- 897 lished during the time the late Mr. Fawcett was Postmaster General?
§ * MR. RAIKESIn reply to the hon. Member, I have to say that I have directed a fresh notice to be issued to all Postmasters throughout the Kingdom, desiring them to exhibit in a more conspicuous place the printed notices with which they have been furnished. The amount invested through the Post Office Savings Bank on the 31st July last was £7,007,767, of which£3,003,157 has at different times been sold, leaving a balance on 31st July of £4,004,610. I have already caused the essential parts of the work called "Aids to Thrift" to be reproduced in the Post Office Handbook, price one penny, which can be obtained at any Post Office, or ordered from postmen.