MR. HUNTER CRAIG (Lanarkshire, Govan)To ask the Secretary of State for India if he will state the ports from which wheat and flour have been exported from India for the year 1901–2, and to which countries and ports have they been shipped, together with the respective quantities of wheat and flour.
(Answered by Secretary Lord George Hamilton.) I Exports of wheat from India in 1901–2:—
From Tons To Tons Calcutta 3,261 United Kingdom 197,550 Belgium 61,181 Bombay 4,165 France 4,951 Germany 2,000 Karachi 358,665 Holland 5,772 Italy 1,200 British East Africa 318 Egypt 84,494 Mauritius 375 Aden 647 Arabia 2,393 Hong Kong 778 Persia 3,076 Turkey in Asia 1,133 Other countries 223 Total 366,091 366,091
§ II. Exports of wheat flour from India in 1901–2:—
| From | Cwts. | To | Cwts. |
| Calcutta | 27,408 | British East Africa | 91,105 |
| Mauritius | 99,855 | ||
| Bombay | 420,052 | Aden | 124,582 |
| Arabia | 106,634 | ||
| Karachi | 81,857 | Ceylon | 59,128 |
| Persia | 26,295 | ||
| Other countries | 21,718 | ||
| Total | 529,317 | 529,317 |
§ The Trade Returns show the names of the countries only, without specifying the ports.