§ MR. J. E. GORDON (Elgin and Nairn)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether the Postmaster General will arrange to have tested letter weights on sale at all post offices?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. R. W. HANBURY,) PrestonThe Postmaster General is not prepared to make arrangements for keeping letter weights on sale at post offices. Such a course would involve competition with the ordinary trade, and would, it is considered, be altogether outside the scope of the functions of the Department.