§ 50. Major POLEasked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if he can give information in regard to the project for scientific research which was recently placed before the Empire Marketing Board on behalf of India; if any decision has been taken in regard to this project; and, if so, the total expenditure from the funds of the Empire Marketing Board involved?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for DOMINION AFFAIRS (Mr. Lunn)Two projects relating respectively to tea research and lac marketing have been submitted to the Empire Marketing Board with the approval of the Government of India and have been sanctioned. The maximum amounts involved in grants for the Empire Marketing Fund in support of these projects are, in the first case, £3,125 on account of capital and £687 per annum for five years on account of maintenance, and, in the second case, £500 per annum for five years. The first grant is designed to meet half the cost of establishing and maintaining a Laboratory of Tea Plant Physiology at Tocklai. The second grant will meet half the cost, for a period of five years, of an expert to promote the marketing of Indian lac.