§ 39. Mr. JOHNSTONasked the Under-Secretary of State for India what are the net profits on the operations of the State railways of India during the past financial year, and what part of this net profit has been transmitted to the Indian State treasury for the relief of taxation?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Earl Winterton)The net profit from the Indian State Railways in 1925–26 is now estimated at about £6,500,000, and the contribution to general revenues at about £4,000,000.