Colonel PHILIPPSasked the Postmaster-General whether he will consider the desirability of discontinuing advertisements of patent paints, prayer-books, hosiery, and other goods in the small red stamp books supplied by the Post Office?
§ Mr. SYDNEY BUXTONI am glad to turn an honest penny for the Post Office by means of the advertisements in the books of stamps, and I do not think any objection can be taken to the advertisements mentioned. If my hon. Friend will supply me with other advertisements that will bring to the Revenue a larger sum of money than those to which he refers, I will gladly consider them.
Colonel PHILIPPSasked the Postmaster-General whether the halfpenny charged for the small red stamp books supplied by the Post Office covers the full extra cost to the Post Office of binding the stamps into book form?
§ Mr. BUXTONThe halfpenny covers the special cost of preparing and distributing the books, and leaves a profit.