§ MR. BOLANDI beg to ask the Postmaster-General if he can state when the regulations found in paragraph 7, page 8, of the Post Office Guide were substituted for those previously in existence with reference to the address of parcels; whether such change was made in consequence of the number of parcels, addressed in Irish, which were despatched through post offices in Ireland; and whether steps will be taken to revise the regulations in consonance with the wishes of the Irish people.
LORD STANLEYThe regulations referred to were altered in October last as a result of a question raised respecting the treatment of a registered letter addressed in Irish, but they extend, of course, to parcels addressed in other languages. It may be explained that registered letters and parcels have to be handed in at a post office, and it is reasonable that the opportunity should be taken of requiring the senders to give a translation of the address in English. I see no ground for altering the rule in question.
§ MR. BOLANDIf the noble Lord is prepared to enter into a fight with the Gaelic League he will be defeated.