§ Colonel DAYasked the Postmaster-General the total number of motor mail' vans now in use by his Department, together with the number of vans that are of entire British manufacture?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONThe present Post Office-owned fleet of motor mail vehicles totals 1,343 including 270 motor cycles. Of this total, 364 are of entirely British manufacture. The remaining vehicles are also of British manu- 1595W facture, except to the extent of about 3 per cent. of their value. Contracts are at present placed for the supply of 121 motor mail vehicles, of which 102 are of entirely British manufacture.