HC Deb 18 February 1901 vol 89 c302
MR. CAINE (Cornwall, Camborne)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India if he can give the total number of persons in receipt of famine relief in India.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord G. HAMILTON,) Middlesex, 303 Ealing

The number of persons in receipt of famine relief in India last week was 214,000, of whom 179,000 were in British districts and 35,000 in Native States.