HC Deb 23 July 1868 vol 193 c1666
MB. BAZLEY

said, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, Whether sales of girls take place at the Bazaar of Manickguage, situate within the Burdwan Zillah; and, in the event of such being the fact, whether the Indian Government will repress those sales, and prevent all tendencies to slavery in the Indian Empire?

SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE

, in reply, said, he could not find that any information has been received at the India Office to the effect that sales of girls take place at the Bazaar of Manickguage, in the Burdwan Zillah.