§ Mr. RUPERT GWYNNEasked the Under-Secretary of State for India the amount of the purchases of silver in each month of the present year, and the prices paid month by month?
§ Mr. HAROLD BAKERThe amounts purchased in each month and the average prices paid (to the nearest sixteenth of a penny) were as follows:—
£ d. March … … 585,187 26 15/16ths April … … 328,809 27 ¼th May … … 249,993 28 ⅛th June … … 673,000 28 ¼th July … … 135,000 28 August … … 1,112,673 28 ¼th September … … 1,920,606 28 ⅞ths No purchases were made in January, February, or October.