§ 10. Sir C. YATEasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the statement in the Report of the Forest Administration in the Central Provinces for the past year regarding the burning of 531,221 acres of forest, the increase of offences, and the organised looting of certain forests which is reported to be directly due to instigation by non-co-operation leaders; and whether he can state when the necessary steps will be taken by the Governor of the Central Province to put a stop to these activities on the part of non-co-operation leaders?
§ Earl WINTERTONYes, Sir. But the Report is for the year that ended 31st March, 1922, and not, as my hon. and gallant Friend suggests, for the past 943 year. And if he had read on further, for one sentence, he would have discovered that "strong action against offenders, together with sympathetic treatment of any real grievances which existed, and the return of more favourable seasons, resulted in a general improvement of conditions by the close of the year."