§ MR. SUMMERBELLI beg to ask the Postmaster-General if he is aware that in January of this year, at the request of the Post Office, the drains at the Alnwick Post Office were tested by the Alnwick Urban District Council, and were condemned by the inspector as in a wretched condition, and that up to the present time nothing has been done to the drains; and, if so, can he state what has been the cause of the delay, and also as to whether the matter will at once receive attention, especially in view of the fact that some thirty persons are employed in this small office.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarCertain defects were discovered in the drains at the Alnwick Post Office, and steps are being taken to have them remedied, but part of the evil was found to arise from an escape of gas and not from the drains.