MR. HERBERT ROBERTSI beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether he will give the number of shops licensed for the sale of opium in India during the years 1903–4, 1904–5, 1905–6, and 1906–7, respectively.
§ MR. HOBHOUSEThe number of shops were 9,001 in 1903–4; 9,024 in 1904–5; 8,960 in 1905–6; the figures for 1906–7 are not yet available.