SIR MANCHERJEE BHOWNAG-GREE (Bethnal Green, N. E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India if he will give the Return relating to British and Indian Commerce with Thibet, asked for in the Order Paper this day.
§ THE SECRETARY of STATE FOE INDIA (Mr. BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordI have no objection to giving a Return showing the imports and exports between India and Thibet from 1890–1 to 1902–3 with such details as are possible.
The Return referred to is as follows:—
Thibet (Trade Statistics),—Address for Return of Statistics relating to trade with Thibet since the date of the signing 577 of the Convention of 1890, giving particulars regarding the quantity, classification, and value of the annual exports from British India to Thibet of (a) non-Indian merchandise; (b) of Indian merchandise; and (c) of exports from Thibet to British India.