§ MR. TREVELYAN (Yorkshire, W.R., Elland)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether there are any regulations which prevent the public from consulting the Post Office Directory in post offices; and, if so, whether, for the convenience of the public in future, directions will be given that a directory 26 shall be available for public use in every post office in the Metropolitan district.
(Answer.) The Post Office London Directory is not an official publication, and is only supplied at some of the larger post offices for the use of the staff. When a directory is available at a public counter without inconvenience, applicants are allowed to refer to it; but the Postmaster General is not prepared to give directions that a directory shall be available for public use at every post office in the Metropolitan district.—(Post Office.)