§ 58. Sir H. BRITTAINasked the Postmaster-General whether he can give any rough estimate of the loss, if any, which would be incurred if his Department decided to return to the sixpenny telegram?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONThe additional loss of revenue would exceed £1,500,000 yearly, if the traffic remained at its present level. The extra cost of handling any increase of traffic which resulted from a reduction of charge would probably be larger than the additional revenue accruing.