§ 14. Sir B. Jannerasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware of the inconvenience caused by the requirement in the Post Office Guide that any insured package must bear a distinct impression of the same private device or mark of the sender thereof; and whether, in view of the impracticability of this provision, he will arrange for its withdrawal at an early date.
§ Mr. Joseph SlaterThe sealing requirements for insured packets are prescribed by international agreement and we cannot withdraw them without breaching our obligations to other postal authorities. In any case, I have no reason to think that they give rise to undue inconvenience.