§ Mr. BAKERasked the Postmaster-General whether he will, with regard to the price paid by the Government for the system of the National Telephone Company, give the detailed figures of the official valuation made after the transfer?
§ Mr. HARTSHORNThere has been no official valuation of the plant purchased from the National Telephone Company1196W since the transfer. The amount awarded by the Railway and Canal Commissioners was £12,500,000.