Report of the Indian Tariff Board on Gold Thread Industry

2. In making its enquiry the Board will be guided by the principles laid down in the Resolution adopted by the Legislative Assembly on the 16th February 1923 and will conside(i) whether the conditions laid down in paragraph 97 of the Report of the Indian Fiscal Commission are satisfied in the case of the industry and whether it should be protected; (ii) if so in what form and for what period [...] Filially we were satisfied by the representations made to the Government of India some years hack by representatives of the Gold Thread Industry and from the information contained in various memoranda on the subject both official and non-official that a considerable industry concerned in the manufacture of gold thread existed that the capital invested in the industry was by no means negligible [...] The quality and in particular the durability of the gilding of gold wire manufactured in this manner 'depends on the skill of the workman in pressing the gold leaf on the silver bar. [...] The silver thread thus obtained is gilded by being passed through electroplating baths uniformity of deposit and tone being secured mainly by proper attention to the speed of the thread the temperature and concentration of the baths and the strength of the electric current. [...] To the extent that the duty has enabled the Indian idustry to reorganise and has prevented the foreign manufacturer from sharing in the extension of the market which has resulted from the fall in the price of the precious metals it has been of real assistance to the Indian industry.