Mombasa Mail Service.

HC Deb 02 March 1911 vol 22 cc558-9

Mr. WEDGWOOD

asked what the cost of the Aden-Mombasa mail service was in the years 1908–9, 1909–10, and what was the estimated cost for 1910–11?

Mr. HERBERT SAMUEL

The net cost actual or estimated to the United Kingdom of the mail service between Aden, Mombasa, and Zanzibar is £9,025 for each of the three years in question, including transit payments to foreign postal administrations.