1. Commander Maitlandasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what steps he is taking to enable Her Majesty's ships to enjoy the full advantages of air mail services.
§ Mr. J. P. L. ThomasHer Majesty's ships overseas enjoy most of the advantages of air mail services, although some of the time saved by their use may be offset when a ship is at sea. No regular air parcel service is available for most ships, whose address is "c/o G.P.O., London," owing mainly to the difficulty of assessing the air postage at individual post offices in this country. Extra costs would arise if the parcel had to be redirected en route.
The civil air parcel service is, of course, available if correspondents are prepared to risk using a civilian address. I fear that I can see no possibility of any improvement in these arrangements which would not be unduly expensive to administer.