HC Deb 15 July 1890 vol 346 cc1720-1
SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India if the Indian Agricultural Department have made any trials with the view of introducing the cultivation of beet and manufacture of beetroot sugar into India, or will do so in view of the present shortness and dearness of sugar in that country necessitating importation?

SIR J. GORST

Yes, Sir; trials have been made at Scharmpore and other places, but they have not been attended so far with any conspicuous success.