§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL (Kirkcaldy, &c.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India if it has been brought to the notice of the Secretary of State, either by Reports from India, or by advertisements in the Indian newspapers, that a very extensive system of lotteries has lately prevailed in India, the law against lotteries notwithstanding, and that very large sums have been publicly offered and drawn for in connection with the last Derby Race, as "Bengal Club Derby Sweep. 20,330 tickets at Rs.10 each, Rs. 203,300. First horse, Rs. 101,650," and other lotteries on the same race, advertised by the Bengal Masonic Association, the North-West Club, Allahabad, the Cawnpore Club, and other Associations; and whether any steps have been taken to put down these infractions of the law, as was the case in former years?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Sir J. GORST,) ChathamThe Secretary of State has no official information on the subject. It is one of the local administration of the law, which in India, as well as in England, forbids lotteries. But the question of the hon. Member will be sent out to the Government of India.