GENEBAL SIR GEORGE BALFOUR (Kincardine)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether he will undertake, on behalf of his Department, to refer the Correspondence between the Indian and Home Governments, upon the subject of the Gold and Silver Duties, to the Royal Commission on Silver lately appointed?
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (SIR JOHN GOEST) (Chatham)The Secretary of State has no power to refer any matter to the Royal Commission on Silver; but the Correspondence between the Indian and Home Governments upon the subject of the gold and silver duties will be laid before it.