MR. H. S. WEIGHT (Nottingham, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in the case of a conviction under the Medicine Stamp Acts, what proportion of the fine is paid to the person giving information of the breach of the Act which leads to such conviction?
§ MR. MATTHEWSBy the 44 George III., c. 98, fines and penalties under the Medicine Stamp Acts go wholly to Her Majesty. The Commissioners of Stamps are, however, allowed at their discretion to pay to informers any proportion of the fine or penalty which was given to the informer under earlier Statutes; and it is the practice of the Commissioners to be governed by the circumstances of each case in deciding whether they 1439 shall give any and what part of the fine to informers.