THE INDIAN HARVEST.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 239, 9 October 1907, Page 5

THE INDIAN HARVEST.

PROSPECTS NOT VERY PROMISING. MUCH DISTRESS EXPECTED, [press association, j (Received Oct. 8, 10.30 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 8. Reports from India show jfihat after a dry, hot September the .situation is fair or good in Burma, {Eastern Bengal, Assam, a portion of Bengal, the central iprovinces, a portion of ißwmbay and Madras, but West Bengal crops are suffering, while the "harvest on the north-west fronitaer and United Provinces is a failure. Distress is likely to be widespread, necessitating extensive relief measures. Indications point to only & quarter of the crops being gathered in Central India. .