11. Mr. GRENFELLasked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he can state the reason for the change in the publication of the Audit Appropriation Report of the Accounts of the Government of India which formerly appeared priced at four annas as an annual supplement to the "Gazette of India," and related to all the provinces of India, but which is now published in a series of pamphlets by the different provincial governments; and whether, in view of the additional cost, he will consider a return to the original custom?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe change arises from the separation of central and provincial finance under the reforms scheme. As each provincial report has to be dealt with by the Public Accounts Committee of the Province concerned, a reversion to a consolidated form of report would be inconvenient and unsuitable, and would also, in view of the increased volume of the reports, entail greater expense.