§ MR. BOTTOMLEY (Hackney, S.)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General if he is aware that in the official Post Office Guide for January 1908, between pages 690 and 691, there is a map showing the postal districts of London, whereon Hackney is represented as being in the Eastern (E.) district, whereas on page 658, under the heading Postal District, Hackney is described as being in the north-eastern (N.E.) district; whether he is aware that no such district is shown on the said map; whether he will explain the reason for this apparent discrepancy; and whether, for the convenience of persons having correspondence with the Hackney district and for the guidance 1576 of the Hackney Borough Council, he will state which of the two descriptions is the correct one.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON, Tower Hamlets, Poplar)The Eastern and North-Eastern Postal Districts were amalgamated for administrative reasons over forty years ago, and this arrangement is still in force. In 1888, however, in deference to the wishes of the inhabitants, permission was given to use the initials N.E., to designate places formerly comprised in the North-Eastern District. A statement to this effect will be found on page 636 of the Post Office Guide in the explanatory notes preceding the list of principal London streets, and arrangements have been made for the insertion in the next issue of a similar note on page 691, facing the map of the London Postal District.