HC Deb 26 June 1913 vol 54 cc1241-2W
Sir HILDRED CARLILE

asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that persons desiring to send by post parcels upon which the duty has been prepaid to Australia from the Friern Barnet district are obliged to hand them in at the Finsbury Park office, that being the nearest post office for this purpose; and whether he will consider the advisability of making improved arrangements for this class of work in the locality concerned?

Mr. HERBERT SAMUEL

The arrangement under which the senders of parcels to Australia and many other places abroad can undertake the payment of the Customs Duty chargeable upon them is, as a rule, confined to head or branch post offices. I find that there are not many facilities for posting duty prepaid parcels in the Friern Barnet locality, and I am considering the extension of the arrangement to certain post offices in the neighbourhood.