§ MR. JAMES O'CONNOR (Wicklow, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the 937 Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, if he will explain why instead of restoring full parcels allowances to men engaged at the Watford Post Office, as promised, only reduced allowances have been granted.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. HANBURY, Preston)The postmen referred to at Watford have received compensation calculated on their previous private earnings from carrying parcels at the same rate as was authorised for rural postmen generally in 1883 when the Parcels Post was introduced. Precisely the same compensation was paid to these men as to all other rural postmen.