§ Mr. GILBERTasked the Postmaster-General whether any aerial post services have yet been started in this country; if not, whether it is intended that any such services shall be established at an early date; whether he will state if any experimental services have taken place either in this country on in connection with the postal services to Ireland and the Continent; and, in view of the establishment of such services in other countries, if he can make any statement on the subject?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHNo regular air post services have been established in this country, and I am not in a position to say when the establishment of any such services will become possible. There has been no recent experiment in air mail conveyance within the British Islands. I understand that an experimental service for Army mails only was begun a few days ago between Folkestone and Cologne, with intermediate points in Belgium.