HC Deb 13 February 1908 vol 184 cc207-8
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 BUXTON

No new contract for the conveyance of mails 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.