§ MR. M. M. BHOWNAGGREE (Bethnal Green, N.E.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the thanks of Her Majesty's Government were recently tendered to the Government of 569 the Czar for the help and relief extended by Russia to the people of India in the distress caused by the prevailing famine; and, if so, will he state the amount of money, grain, or of any other form of help in which the Russian Government and people are stated to have offered succour to the sufferers?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. G. CURZON,) Lancashire, SouthportThe thanks of Her Majesty's Government have been communicated to the Russian Government for the assistance offered by them in relief of the Indian famine. But we have not as yet received any information as to the amounts of money of grain which they may have dispatched to India.