HC Deb 21 March 1927 vol 204 cc7-8
4. Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHY

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the cost of the excavations in Sind; whether the whole cost of these excavations fall on the Indian revenues; and whether any arrangements or requisitions have been made as to the distribution of the finds?

Earl WINTERTON

Up to 31st March, 1927, roughly, I lakh of rupees will have been spent on the Sind excavations; the answer to the second part of the question is in the affirmative, and to the third part that a requisition has been received by the Government of India from the British Museum, but that no scheme of distribution has yet been considered.