§ MR. ALBAN GIBBS (London)To ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that, in parts of the City of London, the morning delivery of letters does not take place until nine o'clock or later, and that complaint has been caused thereby; and whether he will arrange that the first delivery may be concluded earlier.
298 (Answered by Lord Stanley.) I find that as a rule the bulk of the letters for the first delivery in the City of London are delivered by 8.30 a.m., and that, with very few exceptions, the whole of the delivery is completed by about 8.45 a.m. It would not be practicable to afford an earlier service without excluding a large number of letters from the delivery, thereby giving rise to grave complaint.