§ MR. KING (Cheshire, Knutsford)To ask the Postmaster-General if he can give any figures showing the extent to which correspondence between this country and the United States of America has increased since the introduction of the penny postage between the two countries.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) The Returns in the case of the homeward mails are not sufficiently complete for an estimate to be made of the increase in the American postings. With regard to the mails sent from this country, the net weight of letters and postcards for the first four weeks of September last was 35,600 pounds and for the first four weeks of October it was 45,340 pounds.