49. Mr. Rostron Duckworthasked the Postmaster-General whether he can provide any statistics showing the extent to which the volume of Empire mail despatched by air has increased since the inauguration of the Empire air-mail scheme?
§ Sir W. WomersleyMails are at present being despatched by air from the United Kingdom by services provided under the Empire Air Mail Scheme at the rate of about 730 tons a year, as compared with a rate of about 160 tons a year immediately before the inauguration of the scheme.