§ Major Procterasked the Postmaster-General whether he can give the present percentage of expenditure upon the transport of internal mail by air, rail and road, respectively; and what is the approximate annual volume of such mail now transported principally by each of these three methods?
§ Major TryonIt is estimated that of the total expenditure incurred in the year 1936–37 upon transport in connection with the internal mail services, the proportions attributable to air, rail and road conveyance are:
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Per cent. Air 0.2 Rail 76.6 Road 23.2 Since, however, the cost of conveyance of mails by road covers also a large percentage of collection and delivery work which cannot be segregated, these figures do not represent even approximately the correct proportion of expenditure attributable to transport as such. They are, however, all that is available. Information as regards the volume of mail transported in the respective categories is not available.