§ Mr. LEACHasked the Under-Secretary of State for India what increase there has been in the growth of cotton during each of the last three years in the Central Provinces and in the South of India?
Mr. BAKERThe December estimate of the cotton crop of the Central Provinces, Madras, and Bombay is as follows:—
— 1909–10. 1910–11. 1011–12. 1912–13. Area (acres). Yield (bales). Area (acres). Yield (bales). Area (acres). Yield (bales). Area (acres). Yield (bales). Central Provinces and Berar 4,167,000 1,070,000 4,487,000 629,000 4,682,000 913,000 4,522,000 910,000 Madras 1,569,000 180,000 1,585,000 182,000 1,698,000 190,000 1,938,000 269,000 Bombay 5,791,000 1,426,000 6,527,000 1,317,000 4,303,000 540,000 5,621,000 1,341,000