HC Deb 01 March 1888 vol 322 cc1831-2
SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL (Kirkcaldy, &c.)

asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether any steps have been taken, in accordance with previous suggestions, to render the publications of the Indian Government more accessible; whether they are made available for sale at a reasonable price anywhere in London, or how they are to be got at; whether they are sent to the British Museum, or any of them are presented to any important Libraries and Institutions; and, whether the Secretary of State will now take steps to make the more important and interesting of these publications more accessible in this country?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)

The agents for the sale of publications of the Indian Government are—Messrs. Allen, Waterloo Place; Messrs. Trübner & Co., Ludgate Hill; Quaritch, Piccadilly; Stanford, Charing Cross; Whittington, Gracechurch Street; where they can be procured at a reasonable price. They are, also, sent to the British Museum and other Copyright Libraries in the United Kingdom. Scientific works and others of general interest are widely distributed to Institutes and individuals at home and abroad.