§ 26. Mr. PILCHERasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that, when several packages addressed to Calcutta are posted simultaneously at the General Post Office in London, it frequently happens that of such packages some are delivered to the Calcutta addressee on the appropriate inward mail day in India while others are delayed and delivered a week later; that even when receipts for such packets are paid for and taken by the addresser from the post office clerk in London at the time of posting, the General Post Office refuses both apology and redress; and whether, as a protection to those who mail important packets to India and take acknowledgments from the General Post Office, he will give instructions for both date and hour of receipt to be stamped or written by the counter clerk on the acknowledgment forms given in London?
§ The POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Sir William Mitchell-Thomson)I am having inquiries made and will write to my hon. Friend as soon as possible. In the meantime, I can assure him that all possible steps will be taken to ensure that there will be no delay in future in the despatch of the packets. I will give careful consideration to his suggestion regarding the addition to the certificate of particulars of the hour of posting.