§ Mr. M'CURDYasked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been directed to the migrations of a postal order for 20s., numbered W 83 094,695, and the official correspondence relating thereto, registered No. 69,413, which postal order was sent by a British soldier stationed at Northampton to his mother, Mrs. C. Mason, in Northampton, and made payable at Kingsley Park post-office, Northampton, but was, in fact, paid by some person unknown into the London County and Westminster Bank, who state that they received it from Mr. E. Vasseur, 166, Hue Montmartre, Paris; and whether he will favourably consider the claim of Mrs. Mason for the amount of the said postal order?
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§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe postal order to which the hon. Member refers is stated to have been sent from Gibraltar on 4th January last to Mrs. Mason at Kingsley, Northampton, and not to have been received by her. It was paid on 12th January to the London County and Westminster Bank, where it is said to have been received from Mr. E. Vasseur, of 166, Rue Montmartre, Paris. Inquiry made as to its previous negotiation has been fruitless. I have no reason to believe the order to have been stolen in the post in this country. When an order has once been paid, the Post Office is not liable for any further claim in respect of it; and I regret that there are no grounds on which I can have the amount of the order in question made good to Mrs. Mason.