§ MR. HENNIKER HEATONI beg to ask the Postmaster General if he can state the weight—number of pounds—of letters and of newspapers and other articles, respectively, despatched to the United States last year; the weight of letters and of other articles, respectively, received from the United States last year; the amount paid by the United States Government for such conveyance of mails—as given in the United States Postmaster General's Annual Report; and the amount paid by the British Government for the conveyance of our mails to America?
§ *SIR JAMES FERGUSSONThe weight of mails despatched from this country to the United States and to countries served through the United States during the year 1891, was as 1734 follows: Posted in United Kingdom.—Letters and postcards, 343,475 pounds; other articles, 3,061,990 pounds. Posted in other countries and sent viâ United Kingdom.—Letters and postcards, 93,463 pounds; other articles, 396,534 pounds. No record is kept in this country of the weight of mails received from the United States. According to the Report of the Postmaster General of the United States for 1891, the amount paid by the United States for Transatlantic services was as follows: Mails from United States, 417,117dols. 78c.; Foreign Mails sent viâ United States, 37,272dols. 91c—454,390dols. 69c, or £93,000. The amount paid by the British Government for the sea conveyance of mails to the United States during the year was £98,300.