§ MR. PIRIE (Aberdeen, N.)To ask the Postmaster-General if he can state the number of deliveries daily of letters in London from Paris and vice versâ, with the hours of such deliveries in both towns.
(Answered by Lord Stanley.) Letters received in the daily mails from Paris fall into four different deliveries in the City district of London, namely, those commencing at 7.20 a.m., 8.30 a.m., 6.20 p.m., and 8.30 p.m., and in the other London districts into three deliveries, which may be said to commence at 7 a.m., 10.15 a.m., and 5.40 p.m. It is understood that in Paris letters from London are distributed by three deliveries, commencing at 7.10 a.m., 5.45 p.m., and 7.40 p.m.