§ Mr. TOUCHEasked the Under-Secretary of State for India what India balances were lent to approved borrowers in London on the 25th February?
§ Mr. HAROLD BAKERThe amount of loans from the India Office with approved borrowers on the 25th February, 1913, was £9,400,000, of which £8,400,000 was from Treasury balances, and £1,000,000 from the Gold Standard Reserve.
§ Mr. TOUCHEasked whether the Government has declined to lend money to bankers on Indian Government securities to relieve the strain on the money market owing to the lock-up of opium in Chinese warehouses; and, if so, will he say when this refusal was announced on behalf of the Government?
§ Mr. BAKERThe Secretary of State has seen in the newspapers a statement that an announcement to the effect mentioned was made in the Governor- 253W General's Legislative Council on the 25th ultimo. He has no further information on the subject.