MR. MAC NEILL (Donegal, S.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General why it is that weekly trade journals, although each copy may weigh a little under 14 ounces, can be posted for a halfpenny each anywhere within the limits of the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Channel Islands, and monthly trade journals must pay a halfpenny for every two ounces; and whether he will take some steps for the purpose of equalising the rates of postage of both weekly and monthly trade journals?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. A. MORLEY, Nottingham, E.)Newspapers published at intervals of not more than seven days are entitled by Act of Parliament to transmission by post for a halfpenny each irrespective of weight, while monthly publications are liable to the same rate of postage as books or other printed matter. In the present condition of the Postal Revenue, I cannot see my way to recommend any extension of the existing newspaper privilege.