§ MR. BILL (Staffordshire, Leek)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster-General, whether it is the case that the postal regulations of India do not allow the contents of any parcel sent by parcel post to exceed £50 in value; and, if that is so, whether, as this regulation conflicts with paragraph 41 of the English regulations for the Foreign and Colonial parcel post contained in the Postal Guide, the Post Office would, in the interests of trade between the two countries, undertake the transmision and insurance of parcels of far greater value?
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (for Mr. HANBURY)Until the beginning of this year it was the case that the regulations of the Parcel Post with India prohibited the transmission of any parcel above £50 in value. But on the 1st of January last, the Imperial and Indian Post Offices undertook the insurance of parcels in both directions up to a limit of £120.