§ MR. BOTTOMLEY (Hackney, S.)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the fact that the recent increase of profits upon postal orders is mainly due to Limerick competitions, and having regard to the fact that such competitions have now been declared by the High Court to have been lotteries, he proposes to retain, for the purposes of the public service, the profits made by his Department in connection with such lotteries.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarI have no right to inquire the purpose for which postal orders are bought, nor to abandon any revenue derived from their sale.
§ MR. BOTTOMLEYHas not the right hon. Gentleman himself publicly stated that the profit arising from those postal orders was largely due to Limerick competitions?
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONWhat I said was that there had been a very considerable increase in the sale of postal orders and a corresponding addition to the revenue of the Post Office.