§ MR. H. H. MARKS (Kent, Thanet)To ask the Postmaster General whether the privilege long accorded to men employed on His Majesty's ships of war of purchasing postal orders at their face value, free of poundage or commission, has been withdrawn; and, if so, whether with a view to encouraging home remittances, he can see his way to restore the privilege.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) The privileges of the Admiralty postal order service have not been withdrawn. In order, however, to prevent an abuse of that service, the purpose of which is 1317 to enable seamen on the high seas to make small remittances to their friends in this country, it has recently been arranged with the Admiralty that the amount of a single remittance shall not exceed £3 3s.