§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREasked the Secretary of State for India whether, having accepted the mandate for Mesopotamia, he will replace the present issue of surcharged Turkish stamps now current in that country by a regular issue, which does not include pictorial representations of places in Constantinople or other Turkish possessions; and whether the present surcharge of Irag in British occupation will now be dispensed with?
§ Mr. MONTAGUArrangements are being made with a view to the introduction by the new Mesopotamian Government as soon as possible after it is definitely inaugurated, of a regular issue of its own stamps. The design will not include pictorial representations, and the present surcharge will, of course, disappear.