MR. FIELDI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he has any intention of proposing legislative measures for prohibiting or restricting gambling in option or future contracts representing fictitious agricultural produce and metals; whether he is aware of what is being done in this direction by other countries; whether Her Majesty's Government have asked the Hungarian Government for a copy of the Official Report of the International Agricultural Congress, held at Budapest last September, and whether he would lay upon the Table the section of the Canada Criminal Code of 1892, which came into operation in March 1893, prohibiting gambling in prices?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. C. T. RITCHIE,) CroydonNo, Sir, I do not propose to introduce legislation on the subject referred to by the hon. Member. If there is any particular country of whose action in the matter the hon. Member desire, to be informed, I will endeavour to ascertain the information for him. A copy of the official Report of tile International Congress held at Budapest figs been asked for, and we are informed that it is in the press. If the hon. Member will Move for the sections of the Canada Code to which he refers, there will be no objection to them laying on the Table.