§ Mr. de Rothschildasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in which of the Colonies of the West Indies machinery for the determination of cost-of-living indices exists?
Mr. M. MacDonaldNo regular machinery exists at present in the West Indian Colonies for the compilation of cost-of-living indices, but in some of them a considerable body of information on the subject has been accumulated as a result of special investigations from time to time.