§ SIR THOMAS DEWAR (Tower Hamlets, St. George's)To ask the Postmaster-General if he will state when and where the next meeting of the Postal Union will take place; and whether efforts will be made to secure a reduction in the rate of postage from this country to the Continent.
(Answered by Lord Stanley.) The Postal Union Congress which was to have met at Rome this spring, has been deferred, and I am not yet aware when it will meet. The rates of postage for correspondence passing between countries of the union generally will be fully discussed; but I cannot at present pledge myself as to. the attitude which the 1474 British delegates will be instructed to take.