MR. FIELDI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the Government has procured a copy of the diagram of wheat prices from 1st January to 31st December, 1897, which has been prepared by a German expert and quoted from in the Reichstag this Session during the Debates on the Bourse Reform Bill; whether he is aware this diagram clearly demonstrates the price in Germany and in Russia, where the option gambling system has been prohibited, as compared with prices in other countries, including Great Britain, where the option gambling system is permitted; and whether he will obtain a copy of the diagram, and make further inquiries into this subject?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. C. T. RITCHIE,) CroydonI have not seen the diagram of wheat prices referred to by the hon. Member. Her Majesty's Government will continue to watch the subject of dealing in options, but I am afraid I cannot promise to obtain copies of all publications on the question that may be mentioned in foreign Legislatures.