§ MR. A. ACLAND (York, W.R., Rotherham)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether a telegraph office can be provided at Maltby without the exaction of the full guarantee of £37 a year for five years, in consideration of the special needs of visitors and residents, and the difficulty of raising the required sum?
§ SIR J. FERGUSSONThe last application for a telegraph office at Maltby was made in February, 1891. If the residents were now to renew their application, they would get the benefit of the concessions authorised by Her Majesty's Government last August, under which the guarantee would be fixed at £24 a year for seven years, instead of £37 for seven years, as stated in February, 1891. Not only so, but, under the 8th section of the Post Office Act, 1891 (54 & 55 Vic. Ch. 46), the Rural Sanitary Authority of the district might enter into the guarantee, and so relieve private persons from the necessity of taking the burden on themselves.