§ MR. HENNTKER HEATONI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster - General, whether the official representatives of the Government at the Buda-Pesth Telegraph Convention have yet reported their proceedings; and whether any decision has been arrived at regarding the official code vocabulary which was sought to be brought into operation?
§ MR. HANBURYThe Postmaster General is not yet in a position to make any general announcement of the result of the proceedings of the International Telegraph Conference which is still sitting at Buda-Pesth, but he understands that for the present the Official vocabulary of code words to which the hon. Member refers will not be made compulsory.