§ 75. Sir HILDRED CARLILEasked how many letters and how many telegrams, approximately, each day on the average are sent from the Lobby post office and the Central Hall telegraph office by Members of the House of Commons?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELI find some difficulty in supplying the information desired by the hon. Member owing to the facts that the use of the facilities afforded at the offices in question is not restricted to Members of this House, that the business transacted necessarily depends upon the number of Members present, and that there are many other posting boxes besides those in the Lobby. A Return shows that during the period from the 1st to the 28th November, the daily average number of telegrams handed in was 341, of which probably three-fourths were sent by Members. Another recent Return shows that an average of 2,725 letters daily were posted during a period of six days in the boxes within the precincts of the House. It is roughly estimated that an average of 1,500 letters a day are posted by Members.