§ MR. HENNIKER HEATONI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as 961 representing the Postmaster General, whether his attention has been called to the negotiations that have been proceeding between the Post Office and the authorities of High Wycombe regarding the erection of the new post office in a convenient position; and whether, seeing that the said authorities agreed to relieve the Post Office of the selected site called Flint House, and subsequently agreed to further conditions required by the Post Office which involved a local contribution of upwards of £1,200, the Postmaster General will reconsider the proposal now made to the High Wycombe authorities, calling on them to obtain the extension of the lease of the present premises, and will proceed with the erection of the new post office on the site chosen without delay.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. HANBURY,) PrestonThe attention of the Postmaster General has been called to the representations made by those who desire that the new post office in High Wycombe should be placed not at Flint House as authorised, but in a new street which it is proposed to form; but after giving the fullest consideration to the matter, he has decided to proceed with the Flint House scheme. Apart from other considerations it now appears that while the new street cannot be formed for some time, the tenancy of the present post office, which expires at Michaelmas next, cannot be extended, as it was understood it would be.