MR. THOMAS HENRY BOLTONI beg to ask the Postmaster General whether, in connection with the conveyance of single post letters by railway, he will permit stationmasters (on request) to arrange for messengers to carry the letters from the stations of address to the parties to whom such letters are addressed, provided such letters have on them a memorandum that they are "to be forwarded by messenger?"
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES, Cambridge University)In reply to the hon. Member, I have to state that all the arrangements with respect to the conveyance of single letters by railway have received most careful and protracted consideration, and it would not be possible to alter them without reopening the negotiations with the Railway Companies, which have already occupied much time. It will, I think, be best to give the experiment as now arranged a fair trial before attempting to develop it further.