§ Major POLEasked the Secretary of State for India if Section 492 of the Indian penal code, providing a penalty of one month's imprisonment or fine for unreasonable refusal to perform work contracted for at a place to which the workman has been conveyed at another person's expense is still operative; and, if so, whether he will state the number of persons who have been charged and the
Tonnage of Vessels, distinguishing their Nationality, employed in the Coasting Trade of British India, that entered and cleared with cargoes in the twelve months, 1st April, 1928, to 31st March, 1929, compared with the corresponding periods of the years 1926–27 and 1927–28. Nationality. Entered. Cleared. Twelve months, 1st April to 31st March. Twelve months, 1st April to 31st March. 1926–27. 1927–28. 1928–29. 1926–27. 1927–28. 1928–29. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. British … … 10,957,412 12,149,995 12,902,272 11,328,860 12,976,066 13,212,589 British Indian … … 1,938,713 2,086,933 2,185,710 1,872,835 1,946,679 2,088,055 Foreign … … 2,217,988 2,263,649 2,489,015 2,364,712 2,478,993 2,419,601 Native Craft* … … 1,224,880 1,379,498 1,284,756 1,372,362 1,437,091 1,315,271 Total … … 16,338,993 17,880,075 18,861,753 16,938,769 18,838,829 19,035,516 Native Craft*— (i) British.—Sailing vessels, not square-rigged, flying the British flag, but not belonging to any port in British India or in Indian States. (ii) British Indian.—Sailing vessels, not square-rigged, belonging to ports in British India or in Indian States. (iii) Foreign.—Sailing vessels, not square-rigged, flying a flag other than the British flag or that of an Indian State