§ MR. HOYLE (Lancashire, S.E., Heywood)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India what was the total amount paid into the Indian Exchequer from the Salt Tax during the last financial year; and what, during the fifteen weeks that have elapsed of the current financial year, is the amount received from the sale of bills and transfers over and above the estimate of the Finance Minister of India owing to the rate of exchange having risen higher than his estimate of the probable exchangeable value of the rupee?
* SIR J. GORSTThe gross receipts from the Salt Tax for 1889–90 were 8,192,500 tens of rupees. The answer to the second question of the hon. Member is that the amount received during the current financial year from the sale of bills in excess of the estimate is £437,000.
§ * MR. HOYLEMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether the present rate of exchange will yield a surplus of £2,500,000?