§ MR. COLVILLE (Lanark, N.E.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster-General, whether circulars which have been typewritten are subject to be charged at the letter rate, while the same circulars, if printed, would only be charged a halfpenny each?
§ MR. HANBURYThe reply to the honourable Member's Question is in the affirmative. Written or type-written circulars rank with letters, and are liable to letter postage; while printed circulars, like other printed matter, are transmissible at the book or halfpenny rate of postage. I should add that copies not less in number than 20, produced by some mechanical process, can be sent by book post.