§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that salt which is sold by the Government of India to the Khairpur Native State, is resold to the people at a profit to the State Treasury; will he ascertain the extent of that profit; and will efforts be made to secure the sale of salt to the people of this State at a price more closely approximating that at which it is purchased from the Government.
(Answered by Secretary Lord George Hamilton.) With regard to the first part of the Question, I must refer the hon. Member to my reply of 28th July last it; as to the second portion of it, it is not proposed to alter the arrangements by which salt in Khairpur State is sold at approximately the same price as in adjoining British districts.