§ Mr. NEWMANasked whether the attention of the Under-Secretary for India has been drawn to the increase in the price paid for polo ponies in India within recent years and the consequent financial difficulties in which many officers find themselves involved; whether a suggestion has been made to him that to obviate incurring such expenses, polo tournaments at Royal Durbars and other official entertainments should be discouraged, or recommendations conveyed to polo committees that any team should be disqualified where it was ascertained that any pony had been purchased or acquired for more than a figure to be fixed by regulation; and whether he proposes to take any action in the matter?
§ Mr. MONTAGUI have no information regarding the price of polo ponies in India. The answers to the other parts of the question are in the negative.