§ MR. S. SMITH (Flintshire)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to a statement made in the Bengalee, of 4th April, 1891, alleging that the Government of Bengal has directed the re-introduction of out-stills in parts of Midnapore and Bancoorah; and whether it is in consequence of a fall in the Excise Revenue arising from the substitution of distillery spirit shops in place of out-stills in those districts that this measure has been adopted?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Sir J. GORST,) ChathamThe Government has seen the statement as to the re-introduction of the out-still system in Midnapore and Bancoorah. No such measure can have been adopted for the reasons suggested by the hon. Member in the 2nd paragraph of his question.