§ MR. SCHWANN (Manchester, N.)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General if, in view of the fact that the number of postal orders paid during the past year has decreased 2,420,000 and the amount of money paid for postal orders in the same period has increased £1,250,000, he is now prepared to increase the rate of the commission paid to sub-postmasters who deal with postal orders.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Lord STANLEY, Lancashire, Westhoughton)The new denominations of postal orders have not been issued sufficiently long to enable me to form an opinion as to the effect, which they will probably have on the remuneration of sub-postmasters for this work. Experience may show that the increased demand for postal orders may make up for any loss, by way of commission, owing to one order now being issued where two or more were formerly required.