§ MR. EDWAKD MITCHELL (Fermanagh, N.)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General if he is aware that on the 14th September last postal orders amounting to £1 12s.6d.wers procured and posted in a letter addressed to a person in Belfast by a Miss Graham at Springfield Post Office, county Fermanagh, that the person to whom the orders were sent never received the letter, and that the orders were cashed in two different post offices in Belfast on the 17th September and the person's name to whom payable forged thereon; and if he will undertake to have the value of the orders refunded to Miss Graham.
LORD STANLEYI am aware of the case mentioned. The orders were enclosed in an unregistered letter, and the regulation printed on the face of the orders which requires the remitter to fill in the name of the payee was not complied with. In view of the want of precaution shown, I should not be justified in paying Miss Graham the value of the orders.
§ MR. MITCHELLAm I to understand nothing will be done to refund the money?
LORD STANLEYNo, Sir. Certain instructions are issued with regard to orders, and if they are not fulfilled I cannot see that any obligation rests on the Post Office.