§ 5. Sir FRANK SANDERSONasked the Secretary of State for India approximately the value of goods of all descriptions ordered by the various Government Departments of the Government of India from countries outside the British Empire during the last five years?
§ Sir S. HOAREAs the reply includes a number of figures, I am circulating it in the OFFICIAL EEPORT.
§ Following is the reply :
§ The nearest approach I can give to the figures desired by the hon. Member is the value for the last five financial years of Government stores consigned from foreign countries to India. This is as follows :
| Year. | Value Rs. |
| 1928–29 | 2,31,29,094 |
| 1929–30 | 2,30,94,713 |
| 1930–31 | 1,60,07,951 |
| 1931–32 | 92,94,205 |
| 1932–33 | 39,85,431* |
| * Provisional Figures. |