§ Sir F. THOMSONasked the Postmaster-General whether he will consider the advisability of adopting, where desired, the method of installing telephones at a nominal charge and making such small additional charge on each call as may be necessary, in view of the success of this system elsewhere?
§ Mr. LEES-SMITHIf the present installation rental were reduced to a nominal figure it would be necessary, in order to avoid loss, not only to increase substantially the charges for calls, but also to require each subscriber to pay for a relatively high minimum number of calls each year. A tariff on these lines is not likely to prove attractive. I am not aware that such a system is in force elsewhere.