3. Sir J. D. REESasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether open indenting for salt is the rule throughout India; and whether, seeing that such indenting has led in Rajputana to unfortunate profiteering, the system under which district officers nominate trustworthy agents for their districts, who are allowed to indent on condition that they sell wholesale at a fixed rate, can be made of general application?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe system of open indenting is generally followed in India, but in some localities other systems are followed. My hon. Friend's suggestion will be communicated to the Government of India.