§ MR. PRICE (Norfolk, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India 1368 whether there were certain Government surveys made in the district of Alibagh with the object of laying out certain storage and irrigation works; and whether any works have been or can be usefully undertaken as the result of such surveys.
§ LORD G. HAMILTONNo Government surveys have been made in the Alibagh district for storage and irrigation works. The district is unsuitable for irrigation from reservoirs; and the rainfall being heavy, storage is unnecessary.