§ Mr. W. GRAHAMasked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been called to the manner in which printing-trade periodicals have recently been surcharged; whether it has been the custom for paper-makers to advertise in these periodicals by inserting sample sheets of their papers, a custom convenient to buyers and sellers; whether the Post Office authorities have now ruled that such samples make the periodicals in which they are inserted ineligible for book-post rates, necessitating their being sent by letter or parcel post; and whether, since this narrow interpretation of the Regulations is hindering the recovery of an industry which is at present in grave distress, he will reconsider the policy of his Department in this respect?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYAs I explained on 8th November, in answer to a question by the hon. Member for the Central Division of Aberdeenshire (Major M. Wood), samples are not admissible at the reduced rate of postage applicable to printed1230W papers, and this holds good whether the samples are sent separately or in the same packet with other articles. I cannot see my way to vary the rule in favour of any particular industry.