§ 8. Mr. WELLOCKasked the Under-Secretary of State for India the amount of revenue derived from the scale of alcohol and narcotic drugs in the provincial legislatures of India; and what percentage of the total provincial taxation this constitutes in each of the last five years?
§ Earl WINTERTONI will with the hon. Member's permission circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the figures for the last five years for which the Indian accounts have been published.
§ Following are the figures:
| — | Revenue from Excise. | Total Revenue from Provincial Taxation including Land Revenue. | Percentage of Column(2) to Column(3) | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| Rs. Lakhs | Rs. Lakhs. | |||
| 1921–22 | … | 1650.3 | 6177.0 | 26.72 |
| 1922–23 | … | 1790·9 | 6588·0 | 27.18 |
| 1923–24 | … | 1872·5 | 6715·7 | 27.88 |
| 1924–25 | … | 1885·5 | 6880·9 | 27.40 |
| 1925–26 | … | 1930·8 | 6964·0 | 27.73 |