§ *MR. REES (Montgomery Boroughs)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the disturbed condition of Persia has adversely affected the traffic to and from India by the Quetta-Nushki route.
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. BUCHANAN,) Perthshire, E.The figures of the land trade 1213 between Persia and British India via Sind and British Baluchistan, the bulk of which, presumably, went by the Nushki route, show an increase for 1907–8 as compared with the two preceding years. The value of the total trade by the Nushki route for 1907–8 was the biggest on record.