§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Secretary of State for India whether it has yet been decided to proceed with any of the irrigation works recommended in the Report of the Irrigation Commission; and, if not, will he state the cause of the delay.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) Provision has been made by the Government of India in their forecast of capital outlay on irrigation works for 1904–5, for expenditure on some of the schemes recommended in the Report of the Irrigation Commission. Other schemes will be taken up as funds are available.