§ Mr. SHORTasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the growing danger to inland navigation by the spread of water hyacinth in East Bengal; and whether any steps are being taken to remove this danger?
§ Earl WINTERTONAccording to information received in 1925 the Government of Bengal, in addition to their own investigations and experiments which were still proceeding, had taken steps with a view to dealing with the pest in that province with the co-operation of voluntary associations interested in the matter.