§ MR. MANSFIELD (Lincolnshire, Spalding)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether his attention has been called to the prevalence of gambling on His Majesty's transports, and is he aware that during the past week a case was tried in the law courts in which it was given in evidence that a youth of eighteen years had lost £330 during a journey from Africa to England, and will he adopt such measures that will reduce or extinguish this practice of gambling on His Majesty's ships.
LORD STANLEYI am not aware of the prevalence of gambling on board transports. Inquiries are being made into the case referred to. The Regulations forbid any such practice, which should be firmly suppressed by the senior officer on board.