*CAPTAIN FABERI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the condition of Government securities on the Stock Exchange; and whether he proposes to take any steps to remedy this by curtailing the export of gold from 960 this country, and by these means to increase our gold reserve.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. ASQUITH,) Fife, E.The position of the gold reserves is a subject which is engaging my close attention, but I am not at present prepared to make any statement on the subject.