§ MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, if he will state the date of his decision that Flint House shall be used as the post office for High Wycombe; whether he is aware that nine-tenths of the adult inhabitants of the town protested against the course he is adopting, and that in one year the new post office could be constructed on the site approved by the postal authorities and by the municipal and other representative authorities of the town; and whether he has any objection to place the correspond- 1468 ence upon the Table, and give the House an opportunity of altering the decision of his permanent officials.
§ MR. HANBURYThe Postmaster General has never altered the original decision that Flint House shall be used for the new post office at High Wycombe. He has received several deputations and representations both for and against the new street scheme, and he is aware that local feeling is much divided on the subject; but he is not aware that nine-tenths of the adult inhabitants of the town have. protested against the course that is being adopted. A new post office could not be commenced until after the new street was. completed, and then could not be finished in a year. The Postmaster General sees. no sufficient reason for laying the correspondence on the Table.
§ MR. HENNIKER HEATONHas not a petition signed by nine-tenths of the inhabitants been received?
§ MR. HANBURYI cannot admit that any such petition has been received.