§ MR. ASHLEY (Lancashire, Blackpool); To ask the Postmaster-General whether in future, when it is decided to forward mails to Tristan da Cunha by a ship which does not call at Cape Town, he will acquaint the postal authorities of the Cape Colony by telegraph of the fact, and thus enable letters posted in that colony to reach this country before the ship sails.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) Inquiry should be made of the Cape post office whether such communication is desirable supposing that time permits.