§ SIR R. LETHBRIDGE (for Mr. HARRY DAVENPORT,) Staffordshire, LeekI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the case of Mr. Mookerji, a Native gentleman who, after having at the expense of the Indian Government received special training on the subject and been placed at the head of an establishment in India intended to promote the cultivation and preparation of Native silks there, is now employed by private English and Indian merchants, the support and control of the Central and Provincial Governments-having been withdrawn; and whether he will lay upon the Table of the House the Correspondence which has taken place between the Indian Government and the Governments of Bombay and Madras, and also with the President of the Silk Association of Great Britain and Ireland during the present year, on this subject?
SIR J. GORSTNo information has been received as to what arrangement has been concluded by Mr. Mookerji with the Government of India since his return to that country. But the Secretary of State has drawn the attention of the Government of India to the suggestion made by the Secretary of the Silk Association, that experiments with a view to the development of the Bengal industry should be conducted under Government supervision. Papers can be laid on the Table of the House if the hon. Member wishes it.