§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
LORD THURLOW,in moving that the Bill be now read the second time, said, that the object of the Bill was to extend the use of postal orders to the Colonies. It was intended that the commanding officers of vessels serving abroad should be authorized to issue these postal orders to the men serving under them, in order that they might be able to transmit readily their wages to their friends. Under the Post Office Money Orders Act, 1880, the Post Office had no power to deviate from the prescribed amount for which orders were made, and under this Bill the Post-master General took power to deviate in the amount of postal orders within the limits of 1s. and £1.
§ Moved,"That the Bill be now read 2a."—(The Lord Thurlow.)
§ Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly; Committee negatived; and Bill to be read 3a To-morrow.