POSTAGE RATES (PROFIT AND LOSS).

HC Deb 02 June 1931 vol 253 c36W

Lieut.-Colonel GAULT

asked the Postmaster-General the estimated profit or loss incurred by his Department on the 1½d. and ½d. poets, respectively?

Mr. VIANT

It is roughly estimated that the profit on a 1½d. letter is about ¾d. and the loss on a ½d. packet rather less than ¼d.