§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he is aware that the postal administration of the South African Republic has recently raised the rate of postage for newspapers sent to Great Britain and Ireland from 1d. per 4 ozs. to 1d. per 2 oz.; whether a like increase is charged on newspapers going from Great Britain and Ireland into the South African Republic; and, whether he intends to make any representations to the postal authorities of the South African Republic on the matter, with a view of having this charge reduced?
§ MR. HANBURYI replied to a similar question on the 24th of April last. It is the fact, as I then stated, that the Post Office of the Transvaal has raised from 1d. per 4 oz. to 1d. per 2 oz., the postage on new papers posted in that 1068 country not only for the United Kingdom but for all other countries outside South Africa. No increase has taken place in the postage on newspapers from this country for the South African Republic. It is not proposed to make any representation to the Transvaal Post Office on the subject, as that office has acted within its rights in raising the postage, and has duly notified the change in its Postal Guide for January.