§ 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. 453 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.