§ MR. HAROLD COXI beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether the negotiations with the Canadian-Pacific Railway Company for the conveyance of mails to Hong Kong are yet complete; and whether any other railway or steamship company has been allowed to tender for this contract.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONThe negotiations with the Canadian-Pacific Railway Company for the conveyance of mails to Hong Kong are not yet completed. The contract will be laid before this House for confirmation. So far as I am aware, no other steamship or railway 932 company is at present in a position to tender for an expeditious service to Hong Kong via North America at the present time.