§ Colonel HOWARD-BURYasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the report of the Anglo-Persian Company in December, 1022, with regard to the deposits of oil in Palestine, suggested that test drilling could justifiably be started forthwith; and whether any action has been taken under Article 11 of the mandate for Palestine with regard to this?
§ Dr. SHIELSI have examined the report of the directors of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company dated December, 1922: but it contains no reference to oil in Palestine. The second part of the question does not, therefore, arise.