§ 26. Mr. RAMSDENasked the Postmaster-General whether he has received representations regarding the weight of parcels containing printed papers which are sent overseas; and whether he proposes to increase the maximum weight from 5 lbs. to 1bs?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONThe 5 lb. limit of weight fixed for packets of printed papers sent to other parts of the Empire is already greater than the limit of 2 kilogrammes prescribed for the International Service generally by the Postal Union Convention; and there are serious difficulties in any general extension of the limit. Arrangements are, however, in existence whereby newsagents can, under certain conditions, send bags of printed matter paid at bulk rates of postage direct from their premises to their agents in various parts of the Empire, and I have had these facilities brought to the notice of the firms possibly concerned in the representations to which my hon. Friend refers.