§ MR. HENNIKER HEATONTo ask the Under-Secretary of State for India if he will state the number of words in telegraphic messages, and their value,
| Messages sent from India. | Trans-Indian Messages. | |||
| Words. | Indian Value* | Words. | Indian Value* | |
| £ | £ | |||
| 1903–4 | 3,009,365 | 45,777 | 4,121,200 | 54,898. |
| 1904–5 | 3,450,456 | 55,833 | 5,080,407 | 65,959 |
| 1905–6 | 3,491,616 | 52,759 | 5,119,111 | 68,459 |
| 1906–7 | 3,740,423 | 57,677 | 4,421,212 | 60,589 |
| 1907–8 | 3,997,327 | 61,848 | 4,561,908 | 61,933 |
| *The figures in these columns show the sterling equivalent (at 1s. 4d. the rupee) of the Indian share of the receipts in respect of the messages, as shown in the Administration Report of the Indian Telegraph Department. |