HC Deb 22 March 1907 vol 171 cc1297-8
MR. O. C. PHILIPPS (Pembroke and Haverfordwest)

To ask the Postmaster General what is the approximate net weight of letters and postcards and other postal packages, respectively, conveyed

Letters and Postcards. Other Articles.
lbs. lbs.
Peninsular and Oriental Service (Imperial Contract) 84,000 1,046,000
Orient Service (Australian Contract) 88,000 1,099,000
Total 172,000 2,145,000
MR. O. C. PHILIPPS

To ask the Postmaster-General what is the approximate number of parcels weighing not over 3 lbs., weighing 3 lbs. but not over 7 lbs., weighing 7 lbs. but not over 11 lbs., respectively, conveyed by the contract steamers of the respective companies under contract with His Majesty's Government and the Commonwealth of Australia to that Colony for the year ending 31st December, 1906.

(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) The total number of parcels included in the parcel mails from the United Kingdom conveyed to Australia by the contract packets of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (under contract with the Imperial Government) and the Orient Steam Navigation Company (under contract with the Commonwealth Government) during the year ended the 31st December, 1906, was 75,000, of which, approximately, one-half was conveyed by each line. I by the contract steamers of the respective companies under contract with His Majesty's Government and the Commonwealth of Australia to that Colony for the year ending 31st December, 1906.

(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) The net weight of correspondence in the letter mails from the United Kingdom conveyed to Australia during the year ended the 31st December, 1906, by the contract packets of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (under contract with the Imperial Government) and the Orient Steam Navigation Company (under contract with the Commonwealth Government), including correspondence for New Zealand, was as follows:—

regret that I am unable to state the number of parcels in the various categories mentioned.