§ Mr. Rhys Daviesasked the Postmaster-General the value of articles of all kinds lost in transit through the Post Office by theft or otherwise for 1939 and each succeeding year up to and including 1944.
§ Captain CrookshankStatistics are available only of the amount of compensation paid in respect of loss (including theft) which was as follows:
Financial year £ 1938–39 … … … 23,143 1939–40 … … … 23,438 1940–41 … … … 40,030 1941–42 … … … 92,698 1942–43 … … … 104,926 1943–44 … … … 104,384