Mr. TYSON WILSONasked the Postmaster-General if he was aware that until recently all letters for the London districts posted in pillar-boxes within the East Central district, in time for the 6 p.m. collection, were entitled to be delivered the same evening, but that on the institution of the dual aperture pillar boxes, the public were asked to assist the postal 998W authorities by dividing their correspondence into London and country respectively; and, seeing he has admitted that thousands of letters fail the final evening despatches to the district and sub-district offices daily, not through inadequacy of staff, but owing to London correspondence being posted in the country letter boxes, whether, in the circumstances, he intends to continue to penalise the public for their inability to define the postal border line between London and country?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe dual aperture letter-boxes were introduced more than ten years ago, when the inland section of the London postal service was moved to Mount Pleasant. The mistakes in posting appear to be due as a rule to want of care on the part of the posters, and not to any doubt whether the places of address are in London or not. It is not practicable to accord to incorrectly posted letters the same treatment as to those properly posted in the right apertures.