§ MR. HART-DAVIESTo ask the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that, under the orders of the Government of India, No. 22, of 607 19th October, 1894, villagers are entitled to the free use of forest produce from unreserved land for local industrial requirements, but that, under the orders of the Government of Madras, dated 1st December, 1905, the collector of Tanjore is levying from the inhabitants of the Tanjore Delta a rate on account of wood required for agricultural implements and leaves required for manure; and whether, looking to the scarcity now prevailing in those districts, he will cause inquiry to be made into this complaint.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Morley.) The Resolution of the Government of India of 1894, to which the Question refers, does not entitle villagers to the free use of forest products in unreserved districts, but merely says that "every reasonable facility should be afforded to the people concerned for the full and easy satisfaction of their needs; if not free, as may be possible where a system
| Ulster. | Munster. | Leinster. | Connaught. | |
| August, 1905 | 4 | 75 | 5 | — |
| September, 1905 | 2 | 24 | — | — |
| October, 1905 | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| November, 1905 | — | — | 2 | — |
| December, 1905 | — | — | — | — |
| January, 1906 | — | — | 4 | — |
| Total | 8 | 99 | 12 | — |
| Total for Ireland, 119. |