§ Mr. AMMONasked the Postmaster-General whether he will furnish statistics as to the extent of the application of the cash-on-delivery system, the nature and
Country. Year ending. Number of Trade charge parcels dealt with. Amount of trade charges collected (where known). Canada … … … February, 1923 18,950 — February, 1924 42,915 — February, 1925 53,737 — Australia … … … 31st December, 1914 75,378 — 30th June, 1923 405,483 £617,975 Germany … … … 31st December, 1913 22,457,700 — 31st December, 1923 12,440,300 — Switzerland … … … 31st December, 1921 4,020,545 Fr. 78,469 million. 31st December, 1922 3,866,632 Fr. 69,733 million. 31st December, 1923 4,051,603 Fr. 71,923 million. Denmark … … … 1st April, 1924 1,238,000 — Sweden … … … 31st December, 1922 2,892,403 40 million Crowns. Norway … … … 31st December, 1922 634,224 Kr. 12,809 million. 31st December, 1923 601,002 Kr. 12,690 million. Hungary … … … 31st December, 1915 9,916,132 191 million Austro-Hungarian Crowns. 31st December, 1923 1,053,329 54,767 million Hungarian Crowns. Reports which have been received from the postal administrations of these countries do not indicate that the Cash-on-Delivery service has had any damaging effect on the small retailers.