HC Deb 06 August 1883 vol 282 cc1658-9
MR. CARBUTT

asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether the important annual Report by Mr. J. Dumas on railways in India was to be discontinued; whether the Government intended giving in its stead the Report by Colonel F. S. Stanton for the year 1882–3; whether it was a fact that Indian railways continue to earn increasing dividends every year; whether the average dividend on all railways in India was, in 1882–3, 5.37 per cent per annum; 1881–2, 5.15 per cent per annum; and 1879–80, 4.75 per cent per annum?

MR. J. K. CROSS

Yes, to all the Questions.