§ MR. PROVAND (Glasgow, Blackfriars)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, if he can now say when the Post Office will be ready to supply telephone service in the London district from their exchange, and when the tariff and conditions will be published.
§ MR. HANBURYThe construction of the underground system of wires for the Post Office telephone exchanges is proceeding as rapidly as possible in various-parts of London, and it is hoped to complete a part of the system about the end of the present year. The rates of subscription and conditions of service will be published as soon as the Postmaster General is able to give a definite date for the opening of the central exchange.