§ MR. HENNIKER HEATONI beg to ask the Postmaster General whether his attention has been called to the high charge or fine, often amounting to double the deficiency, imposed on the recipients of letters insufficiently stamped; and whether he has made any recommendation to the Treasury on the subject?
§ SIR J. FERGUSSONLetters unpaid or insufficiently prepaid are, not in this country alone, but throughout the Postal Union, subject to a charge upon delivery equal to double the deficiency. It is not quite accurate to call the whole of this charge a "fine," as one-half of it represents postage which the sender has omitted to pay. There has been no recommendation to the Treasury on the subject.