§ Major GLYNasked the Postmaster-General what proportion of telegrams are sent from telegraph offices in the form of telephone messages; and what was the total number of telegraph instruments in use in post offices in 1913 and to-day, excluding those at district offices and telegraph offices in towns of over 100,000 inhabitants?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONPrecise details are not available, but it is roughly estimated that the proportion of telegrams forwarded from one office to another by telephone is about 18 per cent. The second part of the question cannot be answered without a special return, which would entail a great deal of work.