§ MR. JAMES O'CONNORTo ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that a sorting clerk at Glasgow found a sum of money on the public counter in the Stock Exchange branch post office; that the clerk handed the money to the postmaster in trust for the owner; that, after the lapse of a year, the owner not having claimed it, one-third of the money was given to the clerk who had found it, the postmaster informing him that the remaining two-thirds was retained by the Department; and, if so, whether he can state to what fund or purpose the two-thirds portion has been credited.
(Answered by Lord Stanley.) The facts of the case to which the hon. Member refers are correctly described in his Question. The regular procedure in such cases was followed, and two-thirds of the money found has been credited to Appropriations in aid of the Post Office Vote.