§ SIR LEWIS McIVER (Edinburgh, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he will consider the feasibility of introducing into London the system of pneumatic messages which works so satisfactorily in Paris and Berlin?
§ MR. HANBURYThe question of the establishment of a pneumatic post in London has been more than once under 1625 consideration, but the Postmaster General and his predecessors have not seen their way to recommend the very large expenditure which would he necessary to the construction of an efficient system.
§ SIR LEWIS McIVERasked whether there were not now in the east and west central districts of London a sufficient number of pneumatic tubes to enable an experiment to be tried?
§ MR. HANBURYsaid he was aware there were several tubes, and lie would inquire whether an experiment could be made.