§ MR. HOGANI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster-General, whether a new contract has been entered into for the carrying of the Canadian mails; and, if so, whether it involves any changes in the existing route.
§ MR. HANBURYA telegram has been received from the Canadian Post Office to the effect that the Dominion Government has made a contract with Messrs. Elder, Dempster and Co., for the conveyance of mails to and from this country once a week in each direction by steamers plying between Avonmouth and Quebec, and touching at Queenstown. The final mails will be made up in London on Monday evenings for embarkation at Queenstown.