§ MR. HOGAN (Tipperary, Mid)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether the question of substituting Fremantle for Albany as the Western Australian port of call for mail steamers has made any progress of late.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINI am still in communication with the Australian Colonies in regard to this matter, and am not yet in a position to make any statement on the subject.