Mr. HUTCHISONasked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that mails by the ordinary steamers are often delivered in Egypt before air mails which may leave only a day or so later; and whether he will consider the desirability of instructing his staff at post offices where air-mail letters are accepted, to give the writers full information as to the probable date of delivery of the communications they send?
§ Sir K. WOODThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative, as a rule the air services to Egypt offer advantage only for correspondence which cannot be posted in time to catch the ordinary service leaving London on the716W previous day. I am making arrangements that the entry in the Air Mail leaflet will be amended so as to give to the public the information required.