Council of State Debates Monday 28th September 1931 Official Report

As regards sales the attention of the Honourable Member is invited to paragraph 18 of the Report of the Controller of the Currency for 1930-31 and the Honourable the Finance Member's speech in the Legislative Assembly on the 5th March 1930. [...] (e) Will Government state the names of English backers consulted about the terms and time of flotation and what were their opinions ? (f) Did the Secretary of State consider the time to be most suited and what were his reasons for this ? (g) Was the announcement of the Premier about the Government of England backing the credits of India prompted by the Government of India or the Secretary of Stat [...] 176 (ii) What are the reasons for the proportion of representation assigned to Bengal the United Prtvinces the Punjab and Bihar ? (iii) Were the Local Governments asked to submit recommendations for new additions to the Round Table Conference ? (iv) If the reply be in the affirmative will Government lay on the table the copies of the recommendations and if any recommendations were overriden [...] On the other hand as regards the eight salts owing to the comparatively high cost of the manufacture of suphuric acid in India the Indian manufacturer of the salts dependent on these acids found it difficult to compete with the foreign more highly organised idustry so that the final result of the Board's examination was that while the acids required no protection the salts all required [...] THE HONOURABLE THE PRESIDENT : Last week the Council adopted a motion for the election of two Members to the Advisory Committee in connection with the publicity work of the Government of India.