asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will state in respect of the years 1957/58 and 1958/59 the profit or loss involved in the postal, telegraph and telephone services on the same basis as calculated in a reply of 20th February, 1958.

The profit or loss on each service in 1957/58 as shown in the published commercial accounts was as follows:—

Sufficient information is not available yet to prepare commercial accounts for 1958/59 and to determine profits or losses.

The following is an estimate based on the information at present available:—

(Profit (+) or Loss (-))