§ Colonel PERKINSasked the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the fact that the stamp cancellation machines with the words "Buy British Goods" had all to be made abroad, he will state whether any British firms manufacturing stamp cancellation machinery were invited to tender?
§ Colonel DAYasked the Postmaster-General whether the machinery used by the Post Office for cancellation of postage stamps, with the words "British Goods are Best," is of American manufacture; and whether British manufacturers have yet been asked to tender for the supply of these machines?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONThe stamp-cancellation machines in question were obtained from America because—so far as I am aware—there is no British firm making them. If there were such a firm, it would as a matter of course be invited to tender.