§ MR. HOGANI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he can state for the information of the House the decision, if any, at which Her Majesty's Government has arrived in the matter of subsidising the proposed fast steamship service between Great Britain and Canada; whether he has observed that the Canadian Government has recommended for acceptance a certain tender for the establishment and maintenance of this service; and whether the Imperial Government will have the determining voice in the selection of the successful tenderer?
§ MR. HANBURYHer Majesty's Government is not yet in a position to come to a decision on the subject of the proposed Imperial aid in subsidising a 798 fast steamship service between Great Britain and Canada. Owing to the approaching change of Government in the Dominion, the subject will probably stand over for a short time; but no doubt the Imperial Government will be consulted as to the acceptance of the tender.