§ 9. Mr. RUPERT GWYNNEasked at what date and under what circumstances the India Office changed the Gold Standard of India into the Gold Exchange Standard; and was the Government of India or the Indian mercantile community consulted regarding this change in the currency policy of India?
§ Mr. C. ROBERTSSo far as a change has taken place in the direction mentioned it has been the outcome of a gradual development since 1893, of which the history is summarised in paragraphs 13 to 51 of the Report of the Royal Commission on Indian Finance and Currency. Correspondence at various stages with the Government of India and Indian mercantile bodies will be found among the Papers laid before the Commission.
§ Mr. R. GWYNNEAre we to assume that the correspondence shows that the 114 Indian Government and the mercantile community concur in the present system?
§ Mr. C. ROBERTSI think I might direct the hon. Member to the Papers. They are published.