§ MR. KEIR HARDIE (Merthyr Tydvil)To ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can state what were the number of deaths from plague, cholera, and small-pox, respectively, in the Presidencies of Madras, Bombay, Bengal, including East Bengal, the United Provinces, and the Punjab for each of the last five recorded years; also the amount spent on famine relief,
| Expenditure on Famine Relief. | |||||
| 1902–3. | 1903–4. | 1904–5. | 1905–6. | 1906–7. | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Madras | — | — | — | 6,493 | — |
| Bombay | 266,620 | 109 | 2,043 | 24,192 | 81,671 |
| Bengal | 15 | — | 201 | — | 56,102 |
| Eastern Bengal and Assam | — | — | 8 | — | 7,074 |
| United Provinces | 95 | — | — | 59,590 | 128,576 |
| Punjab | 1,101 | — | — | 328 | 6,291 |
| Remissions and Suspensions. | |||||
| Remissions. | |||||
| 1902–3. | 1903–4. | 1904–5. | 1905–6. | 1906–7. | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Madras | 21,085 | 31,530 | 261,511 | 73,114 | 33,521 |
| Bombay | 911,733 | 163,533 | 124,200 | 155,000 | 164,000 |
| Bengal | Not available | 10,933 | 6,267 | 3,800 | 3,400 |
| Eastern Bengal and Assam | 3,333 | 5,533 | 7,467 | 5,400 | 10,800 |
| United Provinces | 28,867 | 123,600 | 32,533 | 355,267 | 197,133 |
| Punjab | 205,200 | 16,000 | 7,733 | 38,400 | 64,200 |
§ and the amount of remissions or suspensions of land revenue in each of the provinces named on account of the total or partial failure of crops for each year during the same period.
§ (Answered by Mr. Buchanan.) With regard to the first Question the hon. Member is referred to the Return (No. 160) of deaths from plague, cholera, and small-pox recently presented, which gives the information asked for to the end of the calendar year 1906. Figures showing the expenditure on famine relief and remissions and suspensions of land revenue for five years ending 31st March, 1907, are subjoined.
1697| Suspensions. | |||||
| 1902–3. | 1903–4. | 1904–5. | 1905–6. | 1906–7. | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Madras | Not available | 4,733 | 10,267 | 8,400 | 4,933 |
| Bombay | Not available | 201,733 | 352,067 | 622,467 | 354,533 |
| Bengal | Not available | 6,667 | 8,333 | 667 | 133 |
| Eastern Bengal and Assam | Not available | 800 | 6,600 | 7,667 | 2,333 |
| United Provinces | 68,267 | 1,400 | 28,200 | 38,267 | 24,200 |
| Punjab | 157,067 | 160,667 | 118,200 | 188,200 | 155,667 |
§ Note.—Figures taken from the financial estimates of the Local Governments, with the exception of remissions in Madras which have been taken from the Madras Land Revenue Reports.