§ Mr. Onslowasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in the interests of staff economy, he will institute a system of acknowledging correspondence by printed cards, as is the practice of a number of other Departments, instead of by typed and signed letters as at present.
§ Mr. JayIt is standard practice in the Board of Trade to acknowledge letters by means of printed postcards except when the nature of the communication calls for an interim reply rather than a bare acknowledgement.