§ MR. O'GRADYI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that there is dissatisfaction among Indian traders, merchants, and visitors at the inadequacy of the Indian section of the Franco-British Exhibition in showing the economic resources of the dependency and the development of Indian trade with Europe, most of the exhibits being specimens of Indian decorative arts and such as to constitute the section merely a bazaar; and, if so, whether in future exhibitions that may receive subsidies from the Government Exchequer he will make certain, by the appointment of Indian gentlemen on the committee, that the true resources of the Indian Empire are visualised.
§ MR. BUCHANANThe Secretary of State is informed by the committee responsible for the Indian section that, with the necessarily limited funds and space at their disposal, they have taken every possible step to invite exhibits from India, and to make known their readiness to assist exhibitors. The classified list of exhibitors and exhibits shows that with the resources at the command of the committee the collection is quite a fair one. The committee includes among its members two gentlemen, members of the Council of India.