§ 59. Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Post master-General why a letter with a 5d. stamp addressed to a Leamington Spa resident and posted in Birmingham on 23rd December last took 57 days to be delivered; and why a letter with a 4d. stamp addressed to the same resident and posted in Gloucester on 21st December took 59 days to be delivered.
§ Mr. StonehouseI am sorry the two letters were misdelivered to the adjacent flat by one of our Christmas casual staff on Christmas Eve. The flat was vacant at the time, and the letters were not discovered until 18th February, when a prospective buyer visited the premises, and put the letters through the correct letter box.