§ SIR F. EVANS (Southampton)I beg to ask the Postmaster General at what hour the mails by the steamship New York, viâ Southampton, were received at the General Post Office, and at what hour the mails by the steamship Teutonic were received at the same place, last week; and if he can state what porportion of the mail matter from the United States consists of letters, and what proportion of newspapers and printed matter?
§ MR. A. MORLEYThe mails from the United States brought by the New York arrived at the General Post Office at 9.55 a.m. on the 6th inst., and those by the Teutonic at 1.29 p.m. on the same day. The proportion of letters to newspapers and printed matter in the mails from the United States is approximately 1 to 5.