§ Mr. LEACHasked the Under-Secretary of State for India the number of bales of cotton grown in India in the years 1907–8, 1909–10, and 1911–12, respectively, and the number of bales exported, in each of these years, to countries other than the United Kingdom?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe estimated yield in bales of the Indian cotton crop for the years mentioned was as follows:—
1907–8 … … … 3,122,000 1909–10 … … … 4,718,000 1911–12 … … … 3,288,000 The exports to countries other than the United Kingdom were:—
1907–8 … … … 2,274,575 1909–10 … … … 2,366,102 1911–12 … … … 1,934,943