§ SIR WILLIAM HOULDSWORTH (Manchester, N.W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether any reply has been sent by the India Office to the dispatch of the Government of India, dated 16th September of last year, on the re-opening of the Indian Mints; and whether any correspondence on that subject has taken place since that date; and, if so, whether he has any objection to lay such correspondence upon the Table?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON)A telegram and a short dispatch were sent in reply to the letter of the Government of India, dated September 16th, 1897, on the proposal to re-open the Mints. If my hon. Friend, will move that they be presented I shall offer no objection. No further correspondence has passed on the subject.