§ MR. MACLEANI beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, with reference to the outbreaks of epidemic disease in the Indian famine relief camps, whether official information shows that the allowance of food granted to famine-stricken patients has been found sufficient to 1093 strengthen them against the attacks of disease; and what is the value, stated as nearly as possible in English money, of the daily rations provided by Government for men, women and children:
§ LORD G. HAMILTONThe local Governments and their officers are keeping careful watch as to the sufficiency of the relief wages in all districts; and instructions have been given by the Government that the wage rates should be raised at any work where they appeared inadequate to maintain the people in health. As was stated in my answer to a similar question by the hon. Member for Banff on the 1st March last—"The average daily wage cannot be stated in sterling, being based upon the current price of food in the district in question, and varying accordingly from week to week. The wage for an adult is the money equivalent of from 1½ to 2½ lb. of grain per diem."