§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLasked the Under Secretary of State for India, If the Secretary of State's attention has been called to the fact that, notwithstanding a judicial decision obtained some years ago, very extensive lotteries under the guise of race sweeps are still promoted by officers in Her Majesty's Service and others in India, so much so that it is stated in the public prints that the principal prizes in the Umballa Derby Sweep of the present year were about £6,000, £3,000, and £1,500, drawn by persons in Rangoon, Bombay, and Bengal, the parts of India farthest from Umballa; and, whether the Secretary of State proposes to take any steps to cause the suppression of these illegal practices?
§ MR. E. STANHOPEIn November, 1877, the Government of India passed a Resolution concurring with the opinion expressed by the Government of Bengal as to the mischievous character of these lotteries and race sweeps, and requesting the local Governments to enforce the law uniformly against their being advertised in the newspapers. If, therefore, these lotteries are advertised—of which I have no certain knowledge—I am afraid that the law is not yet fully enforced; but my noble Friend the Secretary of State will make inquiry on the subject.