§ Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Undersecretary of State for India if he will give the monthly figures showing the purchase of Council drafts and reverse 1845W Council drafts during each month of 1924 and 1925?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe figures relating to remittances from India are
Month. Sales of Bills and Telegraphic Transfers in London. Purchases in London of proceeds of loans raised in London by Indian public bodies. Purchases of Sterling in India. 1924 £ £ £ January … … 011,588 — 590,000 February … … 10,645 — 950,000 March … … — — 625,000 April … … — — 5,130,000 May … … — — 800,000 June … … — — 2,185,000 July … … — 700,000 3,705,000 August … … — — 1,295,000 September … … 370,626 — 5,195,000 October … … 2,058,780 — 9,250,000 November … … 224,883 — 850,000 December … … 2,273,363 — 4,136,000 Total … … 5,549,885 700,000 34,711,000 1925. January … … 562,760 — 645,000 February … … 1,308,750 — — March … … 780,000 — — April … … — — — May … … — — 885,000 June … … — — 7,566,000 July … … — — 1,475,000 August … … — — 3,945,000 September … … — — 6,677,500 October … … — — 4,653,000 November … … — — 4,075,000 Total … … 2,651,510 — 29,921,500