§ SIR GILBERT PARKERI beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether any arrangement has been made which will permit magazines to be sent to and from the Colonies at a lower rate than at present; and if he will state whether any such arrangement would entail any loss to his Department; and in that case what would be the estimated loss.
LORD STANLEYThe only exception to the ordinary rules governing the transmission of magazines between the United Kingdom and her Colonies has been made 1070 in the case of Canada, magazines from the Dominion prepaid at the Canadian inland rate of postage being delivered in this country as fully prepaid. There can be no doubt that any reduction of the postage chargeable in this country on magazines for the Colonies would entail loss of revenue to the British Post Office; but the actual amount of such los3 would depend on the amount of the reduction.