§ 61. Mr. HOUSTONasked the Postmaster-General whether he can explain why a telegram dispatched from Leghorn by the 2unard agent at 2.45 p.m. of 18th January, was not delivered to R. P. Houston and Company, Liverpool, until 9 a.m. of 28th January, while a telegram dispatched from Leghorn by the Cunard agent at 10.45 a.m. of 26th January was delivered to R. P. Houston and Company, Liverpool, at 9 a.m. of 28th January, neither of these telegrams making any mention of ships?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHThe telegrams in question, which were sent over foreign lines, did not reach this country until the 28th instant. The Administrations concerned have notified their inability to furnish information as to the treatment if individual telegrams in cases of this kind.