MR. HERBERT ROBERTS (Denbighshire, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether his attention has been drawn to the inconvenience caused to the residents in the postal district of Llanfihangel-Glyn-Myfyr, Denbighshire, by the non-delivery of letters; whether it is a fact that letters are delivered at the rectory and at a few houses near the village, but that letters addressed to the surrounding farms are left at the post office until called for; whether he is aware that as many as between 200 and 300 letters a year are addressed to some of the houses, and that this frequently necessitates daily journeys of many miles to the post office; and, whether he will take steps to ascertain whether the wants of the locality can be met by a delivery of letters in the district?
§ MR. HANBURYThe attention of the Postmaster General has not been drawn to the inconvenience caused to the residents in the postal district of Llanfihangel-Glyn-Myfyr by the non-delivery of letters. The Post Office Surveyors are proceeding as rapidly as possible with the task of establishing postal deliveries throughout the United Kingdom, but, of course, many localities still remain to be dealt with. It appears from the records at the 482 General Post Office that letters are delivered at the rectory and in the village; but this is possibly not yet the case at the surrounding farms. The Postmaster General, having received no report on the subject, is not aware of the number of letters a year addressed to some of the houses. Steps will be taken to meet the wants of the locality as soon as practicable, consistently with the other work which has still to be done in connection with the Budget Reforms.