§ Sir G. Foxasked the Assistant Postmaster-General what service is given by his Department for the payment by the public of is. 3d. a half-ounce for airmail letters to East Africa; and whether a person paying this fee and marking the letter for air mail can rely upon its delivery in East Africa within a week of its being posted in London.
§ Mr. BurkeAir mail correspondence for East Africa is conveyed by air throughout. The average transit time of recent mails between London and East Africa, some of which appear to have suffered delay en route, has been about six days, and I am having inquiry made into the cause of the delay in the hope of effecting improvement.