§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, having regard to the fact that the rates for press messages in India are four times as high as the rates in Great Britain, will he consider the expediency of exerting his influence with a view to secure a reduction in the charges in India.
§ LORD G. HAMILTONThe rates complained of by the hon. Member are confined to the comparatively small proportion of press messages which, under the system obtaining in India, are entitled to priority of transmission. Considering the very great difference between the distances over which messages have to be carried in India, and those over which they are carried in this country, I am not prepared to press for a reduction of the Indian charges.