§ *MR. THORNTON (Clapham)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether his attention has been called to the statement and table of figures printed on the back of the envelopes made to inclose registered packets, that, subject to the conditions published in the Post Office Guide as to registration, compensation for loss or damage is given in respect of inland registered packets of all kinds according to a table which includes a, fee of 2d. to secure compensation limited to £5; and seeing that this statement may lead the public to believe that by paying the 2d. registration fee they are ensuring repayment in full up to £5, of money which has been registered but which is lost in course of post, instead of the £2 limited by the above-mentioned conditions: whether he will give instructions that on all future issues of such envelopes a clearer statement shall be 58 printed of the amount of specie recoverable through registration in the post.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINI am in communication with the Postmaster General on this subject. I should be glad if the hon. Member would postpone his question for a week.