§ COLONEL PILKINGTON (Lancashire, Newton)I beg to ask the Secretary to 151 the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether, in the event of a parcel deposited with a post office for delivery being lost, and the postal authorities being able to trace such parcel through one stage or another of their system, he will provide that this should be deemed sufficient proof of depositing with them; and whether, under such circumstances, compensation will be made to the owner of the parcel so lost.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINOne of the published conditions governing the payment of compensation in respect of parcels lost in the post is that a certificate of posting shall be produced when required. But this condition is not insisted on when the particulars which a certificate of posting would have proved are established by other satisfactory evidence.