§ Mr. WATTasked the Postmaster-General the reason why three years' superannuation papers or thirty-six receipts have of late years been sent out to retired servants of his Department who are entitled to pension; and will he say what loss to his Department has been suffered by the number of these lost and requiring to be replaced?
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§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELIt has been the practice for many years past to supply Post Office pensioners paid weekly with a three years' supply of receipt forms; and as the practice effects substantial economies in the cost of printing, postage, and stationery it has in recent years been extended, wherever practicable, to pensioners paid monthly or quarterly. So far from any loss having been occasioned by the adoption of this practice, there has been appreciable gain.