§ 26. Mr. LEACHasked the Under-Secretary of State for India how many European experts in cotton growing are now employed by the Government of India; how many bales of cotton India produced last year; and how many acres of land are now under cotton in that land?
§ Mr. MONTAGUFor the number of the European staff employed I must refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on the 9th December last. The cotton crop of 1912–13 is estimated to have yielded 4,397,000 bales, from an area of nearly 22,000,000 acres.