HC Deb 20 August 1883 vol 283 cc1350-1
MR. R. N. FOWLER

asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether the Government at Home has recommended to the Indian Government the cultivation of esparto grass in India?

MR. J. K. CROSS

The Secretary of State has not made any recommendation on the subject of the cultivation of esparto grass in India, which has engaged the attention of the Government of India, who have been furnished with such information on the subject as is likely to be useful.