§ 147. Mr. R. A. Butlerasked the Under-Secretary of State for Burma the cost-of-living index in Rangoon at the time when the country was taken over from the Japanese; and the cost-of-living index for the last recorded month.
§ Mr. A. HendersonNo cost of living index was prepared while Burma was under military administration. The first prepared after the resumption of Civil Government was in respect of November, 1945, when the figures were 679 for Burmans and 656 for Indians as compared with 100 for 1941. The latest figures which I have are those for April, 1946, which were 384 for Burmans and 368 for Indians.