§ MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, what is the amount of money 754 paid as royalty by the National Telephone Company for each of the following years, 1893, 1894, 1895, and 1896: and whether he is aware that no particulars of these receipts are specifically given to Parliament in the Postmaster General's Annual Report, or in any other public document?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. R. W. HANBURY,) PrestonThe royalty is 10 per cent., and the amounts received during the past four financial years were:—1892–3, £57,620; 1893–4, £65,443; 1894–5, £72,693; 1895–6, £81,530. The Postmaster General is aware that no particulars of these receipts are specifically given to Parliament in his annual report or in any other public document, and he does not think it necessary to select this particular item for separate publication.