Report of the Indian Tariff Board Regarding the Grant of Protection to the Match Industry

of the match factories in India. 133 APPENDIX E.—Production of matches in India by the Swedish Match Company compared with the imports from Sweden and the total imports : October 1924 to February 1928. 137 APPENDIX F.—Import Tables— 1. Imports of matches into India during the years 1910-11 to 1927-28. [...] Statement showing the movements of the Tariff Board165. 2. List of Match factories timber depots etc. [...] The first point for enquiry is whether the three conditions laid down in paragraph '97 of the Report of the Indian Fiscal Commission are satisfied in the case of the match industry in India and whether the industry should be protected. [...] In this connection the attention of the Board is drawn to the remarks of the Honouable Commerce Member on the 24th March 1924 in the Council of State. [...] The details of the Board's movements and inspections will be found in Appendix J. In addition the Board found it necessary in view of the presence in India of a number of factories operated by the Swedish Match Company to send in December 1927 a circular letter to the various Chambers of Commerce and Match Manufacturers' Associations asking the opinions of these bodies upon the situation creat