19 and 20. Mr. RARERasked the Postmaster-General (1) how many voyages of steamboats to carry mails and parcels between British ports and the Continent of Europe were scheduled to take place during the past year; how many such voyages were cancelled owing to bad weather;
(2) on how many days during the past year the steamboats engaged to carry mail matter, either letters or parcels, between English ports and the Continent of Europe, did not run owing to bad weather?
§ The ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. Pike Pease)4,006 voyages of steamers to convey mails between British ports and the Continent of Europe were scheduled to take place during the year 1920, and of that number, five were cancelled owing to bad weather. There was no day during that period when communication with the Continent was entirely suspended through bad weather.