§ MR. MALLOCK (Devon, Torquay)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether the Government of India has ordered the Gunpowder Factory at Madras to be closed; and, whether the Madras Government has applied to the Secretary of State for India to cancel this order; and, if so, whether he will be able to accede to the application made by the Madras Government?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)The Government of India have ordered the Gunpowder Factory at Madras to be closed, and the Madras Government have applied to the Secretary of State for India to cancel that order. The matter is now under consideration.