§ MR. C. P. VILLIERSsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether there is at present any restriction on the importation of Gold into British India, and whether the tender of Gold is lawful in payment of debt in that country; and further, if these restrictions exist, whether it is the intention of the Indian Government that they should continue.
LORD STANLEYreplied that no restriction at present existed upon the importation of Gold into British India; but Gold in India was not a legal tender. The House was aware that the question whether Gold should be made a legal tender or not in India was one of considerable difficulty and complication; and he could not say that it was at present the intention of the Indian Government to make any change in that respect.
§ On the bringing up the Report of the Committee of Ways and Means,