§ Mr. DAYasked the Postmaster-General whether he will give the latest available returns for the 12 months ended to the last convenient date of the number of letters, postcards, printed papers, and newspapers that were delivered by the Post Office?
§ Mr. LEES-SMITHSeparate figures for each class of correspondence are not available. The estimated total number2116W of packets delivered, excluding parcels, during the year ended 31st March, 1929, was 6,230,000,000, of which more than half were letters.