§ MR. W. H. SMITHasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether there had been any Correspondence between his Department or the Treasury and the Governor of the Bank of England on the subject of the proposed changes in the coinage?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. CHILDERS)There has been a great deal of personal communication between myself and others, and the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England; but no official Correspondence. I do not think that it is usual to state to Parliament the purport of personal communications.
§ In reply to Mr. STAVELEY HILL,
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. CHILDERS)said, that a Treasury Minute would be laid on the Table containing information as to the estimated quantity of light gold in circulation. For this information we are in the main indebted to inquiries by bankers.