MR. DUNDAS WHITE (Dumbartonshire)To ask the Secretary of State for India what is the distance between the terminus of the India railway at Chaman and that of the Russian railway at Kuskh; what is the length of the nearest practicable route for linking them together; and whether any proposals have been made for so doing.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Morley.) The distance between Chaman and Kuskh in a straight line is about 400 miles. I am unable to say what is the length of
§ number of samples of herb beer and other beverages sold as temperance drinks analysed at the Government laboratory during the past three years; the number found to contain more than 2 per cent. of proof spirit; and the percentage of proof spirit there disclosed.
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§ the shortest practicable route, and, as regards the railway project, I stated the other day that I had no knowledge of the subject beyond a reference to it I had seen in a newspaper.