§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Secretary of State for India if he will state how many factories in India are at present engaged in the manufacture of war material, and the number of Europeans and natives respectively employed in these factories; and will he state the value of the war material supplied last year to the Indian Army by the factories of India and by this country respectively.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) There are at present eleven factories in India engaged in the manufacture of war material. I am unable to state the number of Europeans and natives employed in these factories, or the value of the war material supplied to the Indian Army by the factories of India. The value of that supplied from this country was approximately £875, 000, exclusive of clothing to the value of £227, 652 5s. 8d.