§ MR. HENNIKER HEATONI beg to ask the Postmaster General, whether the German Postmaster General, Dr. von Stephan, has proposed the summoning of an International Postal Conference, to consider the question, of introducing a common International postage stamp; whether the proposal has been accepted; and, if so, when and where such Conference will meet; if he can state the date at which the ordinary quinquennial Conference of the Postal Union, should assemble; whether that date has been postponed; and, if so, for what reason; and, when and where the Conference will meet?
§ MR. A. MORLEYI have no reason to suppose that such a proposal has been made; with reference to certain newspaper reports on this subject, it may be opportune to mention that Dr. von Stephen strenuously opposed such a proposal at the Vienna Postal Congress of 1891; the next Postal Union Congress is to be held at Washington in 1897. It has not been postponed.