§ SIR WILLIAM HARCOURTasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether the Government proposes to communicate to the House of Commons any papers relating to the disasters which have befallen so large a number of Her Majesty's subjects in India during the late Cyclone; whether he will be prepared to give to the House before Easter any information as to the famine in certain districts in India; and, whether the Government will make arrangements to present the Indian Budget upon an early day after Easter, so as to allow a real opportunity of discussing the solution of Indian Finance?
§ LORD GEORGE HAMILTONThe presentation of Papers referring to the great Cyclone in India was postponed until we receive the Report of the meteorological reporter to the Government upon the origin and course of the wave. A large mass of Papers relating to the Famine will be in the hands of hon. Members in a few days. The Indian Budget will not be home for nearly three weeks. It will not, therefore, be possible to make the statement before Whitsuntide.