HC Deb 15 October 1908 vol 194 cc451-3
MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)

To ask the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been called to the fact that the Imperial Postal Order system now comprises practically the whole of the British Empire with the exception of Canada

state the number of pounds of raw cotton consumed respectively in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Germany during the years 1883 to 1887 and 1903 to 1907.

(Answered by Mr. Churchill.) The following statement gives the information required by the hon. Member—

and Australia, and that it affords a convenient and cheap means of remitting small sums of money; and whether he will state what are the difficulties in the way of exchanging postal orders between Great Britain and Canada and Australia.

(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) I have invited the Governments of Canada. and Australia to participate in the Imperial Postal Order system, to which I called attention in my recent Annual Report in the terms quoted by the hon. Member. I am sorry to say that neither of those Governments has yet found itself able to adopt the system.