§ MR. H. H. BEMROSE (Derby)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, if his attention has been called to the fact that betting agents are in the habit of advertising in the newspapers for clients to address their letters, remittances and telegrams to them at the post offices of various towns during the week of their race meetings; and, whether the Postmaster General will consider if steps can be taken to prevent a continuance of it?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. R. W. HANBURY,) PrestonLetters addressed "Poste Restante" to initials or to names obviously fictitious are at once sent to the Returned Letter Office. But letters duly addressed are delivered to the owners on application, and the Department could not distinguish between betting agents and other persons who may temporarily visit a town and require the accommodation of the Poste Restante. Nor could its officers be left with the discretion of distinguishing between betting and other telegrams.