—The Royal Commission appointed by the Government made public its recommendations on 9th June. We cannot say that its recommendations get near the root of the evil—too much is allowed and if legalised will only make matters worse. Fortunately it condemns large public lotteries or sweepstakes and recommends that the sale of tickets in foreign lotteries should remain prohibited and that the prohibition should be made as effective as possible. It also recommends the strengthening of the law against foreign and illegal lotteries and that some limitation should be imposed upon competitions run by newspapers and trading firms. It also recommends the legalizing of small private lotteries and raffling at bazaars. It will thus be seen that the Commission’s recommendations give little pleasure to those who would desire to see the betting evil more drastically dealt with. If the Government decide to legislate along the lines recommended in the Report there will be deservedly strong opposition from anti-gambling organisations in the country.