CO129-508-9 Parcel post service from Great Britain to Far East- criticisms and proposals 16-1-1928 - 29-5-1928 — Page 21

packets of the Peninsular and Oriental Company would involve

an expenditure of about £3,000 a year, on the assumption that

Messrs. Holt would accept the same rates of payment as they

were receiving in 1921.

For this reason and also because there has hitherto

been no strong demand for an improved Service the Postmaster

General has hesitated to ask the Treasury to sanction the expense of providing a weekly Parcel Service to the Far East.

The same considerations apply to the suggestions made by the Governor of the Straits Settlements in his despatch

of the 20th of October last, of which a copy accompanied your

no2 letter, No.28225/27, dated the 25th of November, for the

establishment of a weekly Parcel Post to that Colony.

I am, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Willlideer