§ 18. Mr. GRANTasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can state the number of prosecutions which have taken place under the Profiteering Act; and in how many cases such prosecutions have been successful?
§ Sir A. GEDDESThe reports which have up to the present been received from local committees show that prosecutions have been ordered in forty-one cases. Out of the four cases so far reported to have been heard, in three fines were inflicted and the fourth was dismissed with costs.