§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Secretary of State for India if he will state the number of rupees coined during the financial year 1901–02, the net profit derived therefrom, and the amount of the gold reserve fund which not long since was established in connection with the currency system of India.
(Answered by Secretary Lord G. Hamilton.) The number of rupees coined in 1901–02, including old rupees recoined, was 495,20,460. The profit that accrued to the gold reserve fund during the year was £415,100. The gold reserve fund now consists of £3,738,000 Consols in England and £175,000 gold in India.