§ Sir J. D. REESasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the monazite deposits of Travancore are being worked by the Cosmopolitan Mining Company, of London and Berlin; whether this mineral is chiefly consumed in Germany; and whether export will be forbidden during the War?
§ Mr. C. ROBERTSA concession for working monazite sand deposits in certain specified areas in the Travancore State was granted in 1911 to the London Cosmopolitan Mining Company, Limited, of London, and was transferred by that firm in the same year, with the approval of the Madras Government, to the Travancore Minerals Company, Limited, also of London. I am informed that, so far as the raw material is concerned, the main consumption of monazite sand has in the past been in Germany. Since the outbreak of War export to that country from Travancore has, of course, ceased.