§ MR. REESI beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the testimony afforded by Mr. Morison, member of the Council of India, to the damage done to crops of Indian cultivators by wild animals, which are the natural prey of other larger beasts, for the indiscriminate destruction of which the Indian Government offers rewards; and whether, in the interests of the cultivators, he will invite the Government of India to revise its scale of rewards.
§ MR. CHARLES HOBHOUSEIt is unfortunately true that the crops of Indian cultivators are damaged by wild animals; but, as I have said before, I am not prepared on that account to take the course suggested by the hon. Member.