§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he is aware that Mr. Commissioner Sharpe, in his last Report on the British Central Africa Protectorate, points out on page 31 that in consequence of letters intended for the district around the Victoria Nyanza being addressed Central Africa, or British Central Africa, instead of Uganda, they are considerably delayed through being forwarded to the Protectorate; and will he consider the expediency of acquainting the public, through the medium of the Post Office Circular, with the correct mode of address for correspondence such as that indicated.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, Worcestershire, E.)The Postmaster General has seen the statement in the Report, but no cases of delay from the cause referred to appear to have been brought under his notice. Special attention has, however, been drawn to the manner in which correspondence for the Victoria Nyanza district should be dealt with at the General Post Office, London, through which it all passes. A notice on the subject in the Post Office Circular would not have the desired effect, as provincial postmasters, among whom that publication is circulated, do not have to do more than send the correspondence up to London.