§ MR. CLAUDE HAYI beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether any Report has been presented to Parliament on the working of the Wireless Telegraph Act; and whether he will state the number of licences granted, the fees charged, and the number of prosecutions, if any, instituted under the Act.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarA Return dealing with the working of the Wireless Telegraph Act was presented on the 18th July, 1905. A further Return is in preparation, which will show the number of licences granted. The fees charged in the case of commercial licences are £1 per annum for each station and 5s. per annum for each ship. No fees are charged on licences for experimental purposes. It has not been found necessary to institute any prosecutions under the Act.
§ MR. CLAUDE HAYWill the Return in preparation show the number of licences refused?
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONYes, Sir, it will show the number of applications made, of them granted, and of those refused.