§ SIR MANCHERJEE BHOWNAGGREETo ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, if he has received any information regarding the damage in life and property caused by the shocks of earthquake which have occurred at Bander Abbas since 9th July; and whether the ancient fortress of Ormuz and the Island of Kishin are destroyed.
274 (Answered by Lord Cranborne.) No, Sir, we have not yet received any information on the subject.