§ MR. CAINE (Cornwall, Camborne)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention has been called to certain lotteries, one of which is in 200 parts of £5 each, which have been publicly advertised in connection with the Imperial Coronation Bazaar, which is being held in the Royal Botanical Gardens during Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week; and if so, [whether he intends to take any action to prevent these being proceeded with.
§ * THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. RITCHIE,) CroydonThe Police, having had their attention drawn to the published programme of the Bazaar, explained to the secretary of the bazaar committee that the drawing of raffles would be a violation of the law. He stated, in reply, that it had already been arranged that no raffles should be drawn