§ SIR JOHN KENNAWAY (Devon, Honiton)asked the Postmaster General if it is true that the Sunday labour in the Exeter Post Office has been increased by the despatch of a new mail to the North in the middle of the afternoon of Sundays; whether this is a part of a general system to be extended through England; and if he will state what is the necessity for the step, seeing that all letters posted for Saturday's night mail are delivered in Scotland on Monday mornings?
§ *THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (MR. RAIKES,) University of CambridgeAn inappreciable increase of Sunday labour in the Post Office at Exeter has been caused by the establishment of the mail to which the hon. Member refers. The arrangement was not part of a general system, but was sanctioned on a special application from the Exeter Chamber of Commerce, and on an assurance from the Mayor of Exeter that the inhabitants generally desired it. The effect of the arrangement has been to admit of letters posted after the despatch of Saturday night's mail being delivered in the North of England and Scotland on Monday morning, which otherwise could not be delivered until late on Monday night, or on Tuesday morning.