§ Mr. LEACHasked the Under-Secretary of State for India the number of bales of cotton sent from India in the year 1913 to Germany, Japan, and England respectively?
§ Mr. CHARLES ROBERTSThe figures for which the hon. Member asks are as follows (in bales of 400 lbs.):—To Germany, 372,835 bales; to Japan, 1,236,206 bales; to the United Kingdom, 92,985 bales.
§ Mr. LEACHasked the Under-Secretary of State for India the total number of bales of cotton grown in India during the year 1913?
§ Mr. C. ROBERTSThe yield of the Indian cotton crop of 1913–14 is estimated at 5,201,000 bales (of 400 lbs.).