Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESSasked the Postmaster-General whether he can give the average number and total weight of letters which are posted in, or pass through, London daily for Paris or places beyond, carried by the ordinary mail and by the air mail, respectively?
§ Mr. PEASEThe average daily weight of letters and postcards sent by the ordinary mail from this country to Paris and places in France beyond Paris is 1,700 lbs., including about 850 lbs. for Paris itself. Precise figures of the number 1049W of articles are not available, but they are estimated at from 50,000 to 55,000 a day. The number of letter packets sent every weekday by the air mail to Paris averages about 85, and the total weight is from 5 to 6 lbs.