§ 79. Mr. GLOSSOPasked the Secretary of State for India if the purchase by Captain C. E. Macguckin of seven Holstein-Friesian bulls from the Carnation stock farms of Seattle, United States of America, was on behalf of his Department; if so, to what part of the Empire were they exported; and what was the reason for not placing the order with cattle breeders either in the United Kingdom or in other parts of the British Empire?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Mr. Butler)I have no information as to the transaction referred to, but Captain Macguckin is an officer of the Government of India. An inquiry will be made of the Government of India.