§ MR. POWELL WILLIAMS (Birmingham, S.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether the present contract for the supply of scales and weights to the 1026 Post Office Department, which was entered into four years ago, is determinable at six months' notice; and whether, with a view of the terms of the contract as to price, quality, and modern improvements, he will consider the desirability of putting an end to the contract and to invite fresh tenders?
§ MR. A. MORLEYThe contract in question came into operation on the 1st of December, 1889, and is determinable as stated by six months' notice on either side. The service is very well performed, and the prices are considered to be moderate. It is not proposed, therefore, at present to give notice to terminate the contract for the purpose of inviting fresh tenders.