§ MR. W. E. T. SHARPE (Kensington, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India if he would furnish a Statement showing the number of rupees coined and issued from the Indian mints during each year since the date of their being closed to the free coinage of silver?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingSince the closing of the Indian mints no rupees have been coined and added to the circulation, with the exception of those which were produced from the silver that was on its way to India at the time when they were closed. These amounted to Rx. 1,918,725. A small number of rupees have also been recoined for native States.