§ MR. LONSDALE (Armagh, Mid.)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General, whether a new contract has been concluded with the Cunard Company for the carriage of the mails to America; and whether he can state the term for which the contract will run, and the amount of the subsidy.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONNo new contract for the conveyance of mails 208 between this country and America has been concluded with the Cunard Steamship Company. The present contract was concluded in 1903 and is to remain in force until 1927. The annual subsidy paid to the Cunard Company for the carriage of mails is £68,000.