§ MR. BRADLAUGHI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether any communications have been received from India with reference to the Government proposals to institute a special system of hall-marking for Indian wares; and, if so, whether he will state the nature of such communications?
*SIR J. GORSTThe Secretary of State has referred the proposal of the Government to the Viceroy, but there has not yet been time for a reply.