MR. R. G. WEBSTERI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster-General, if his attention has been called to the present high charges and inequalities in the scale of charges for sending telegrams from the United Kingdom to many British possessions and foreign countries; and, if the Government propose to take any steps to remedy this state of affairs by suggesting an international conference in regard to them or otherwise.
§ MR. HANBURYThe Postmaster-General has not received any general representation on the subject, but we understand that communications have been recently addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. With the consent of the companies considerable reductions were made at the last International Telegraph Conference at Budapest; and at the next International Conference, to be held in 1901, there will be an opportunity for again bringing the charges under review.