MR HENNIKER, HEATON (Canterbury)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether he is aware that letters from China now arrive by the overland route in this country in twenty-six days, as against forty-four days by the mail steamships; and whether he will take this fact into consideration when revising the mail contracts.
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN,) Worcestershire, E.I believe it to be the fact that letters can be sent from Chifu to London in twenty-six days. The possibilities of the Trans-Siberian route will not be overlooked in settling the mail service of the future.