§ MR. BRODIE HOARE (Hampstead)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether the accelerated service to the West Indies calling at Trinidad with the main line steamers, which has been offered by the Royal Mail Company for the same term of years as the contract of the Imperial direct line to Jamaica, has been accepted by His Majesty's Government.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINOf two schemes put forward by the Royal 58 Mail Steam Packet Company for serving Trinidad by their main line packets, His Majesty's Government has not accepted either; but the question whether any arrangement in that behalf can be made is still under consideration.