HC Deb 27 April 1904 vol 133 cc1295-6
MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal,S.)

I beg to ask the President of the †See (4) Debates, ciii.,40. ‡ See page 18. Board of Trade whether inquiries are being made as to the places of origin, shipment, and intended destination of a number of rifles found amongst bags of rice at Makalen, on the south-east coast of Arabia, recently seized there by the Indian marine steamer "Dalhousie."

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. BRODRICK,) Surrey, Guildford

I have no information as to a seizure of arms at Makalla by the "Dalhousie," except what I have seen in the newspapers. The Government of India will be asked to furnish a report.