§ MR. L. R. HOLLAND (Tower Hamlets, Bow and Bromley)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he would consider the advisability of establishing in the United Kingdom the system, which has been worked with advantage to traders and profit to the Government by the Post Office in Cape Colony, of issuing postal drafts for the collection of sums of money of ten pounds and under, the presentation of the draft having the same force as a legal demand.
§ MR. HANBURYThe Postmaster General is acquainted with the system referred to but there is no intention of introducing it into this country. The presentation of such a postal draft to the person upon whom it is drawn has the same force and effect as a legal demand, and in any suit or action the mere production of a dishonoured draft, together with the Postmaster's Report thereon, is taken as evidence of the facts stated in such Report. This would introduce a distinctly novel element into the duties of the Post Office. There 662 does not appear to be any demand for such an arrangement on the part of the public.