§ MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he has extended, the Imperial penny postage system to the Orange River Colony and the Transvaal, South Africa.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. HANBURY,) PrestonThe question of extending penny postage to the Orange River Colony was taken up by the Postmaster General immediately on the announcement of the annexation, and is now under consideration by Her Majesty's Government. The question as to the South African. Republic is scarcely yet ripe for discussion.