§ MR. HENNIKER HEATONI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether his attention has been called to the inconvenience caused to publishers, booksellers, vendors of fancy goods, and others, by the fact that postal remittances of less than a shilling must be made in stamps; whether he is aware that large quantities of stamps thus received are disposed of at a loss in discount, much time being sacrificed in counting; and whether he will issue a sixpenny postal order, so as to do away to a great extent with the necessity for the transmission of stamps by post, and the consequent temptation to clerks, messengers, and postal employees?
§ MR. HANBURYThe Postmaster General is not aware of the inconvenience referred to, or that large quantities of stamps are received as described by the hon. Member. There has been no general demand for a sixpenny postal order, and it is not proposed to incur the expense which the addition of such a denomination would involve.