Duchess of ATHOLLasked the Postmaster-General, if he will give returns showing the charges made under the cash-on-delivery system and the number of parcels sent under this system in the several years since the system was inaugurated?
§ Sir K. WOODThe fees charged for collecting the value of an article sent by the inland cash-on-delivery service are as follow:— 2241W
Trade Charge not exceeding Fee s. d. 10s. … … … … … 0 4 £1 … … … … … 0 6 £2 … … … … … 0 8 £5 … … … … … 0 10 £10 … … … … … 1 0 £15 … … … … … 1 2 £20 … … … … … 1 4 £25 … … … … … 1 6 £30 … … … … … 1 8 £35 … … … … … 1 10 £40 … … … … … 2 0 These charges are additional to ordinary postage and registration fee (if any).
Postings have been, in round figures, as follow:—
Year. Number. 1926 (from 29th March) … 767,000 1927 … 1,521,000 1928 … 1,863,000 1929 … 2,290,000 1930 … 2,375,000 1931 (to 28th November) … 2,324,000 The figures include packets sent by registered letter post, to which the service was extended on 30th April, 1928, but these comprise only a small proportion of the total.