Mr. MARSHALL HALLasked the Postmaster-General why 2s. is charged for 1s. 11½d. worth of stamps, especially having regard to the fact that the book in which the stamps are sold contains advertisements which are presumably paid for by the advertisers?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe cost of printing the books of stamps is considerable; and, if the books were sold at the face value of the stamps, a loss would result, the revenue derived from advertisements being insufficient to cover the cost of printing.