PREFATORY NOTE.

The task of preparing this report for presentation to Parliament has been entrusted by Government of India to Mr. J. Coatman, and it is now presented under the authority and with the general approval of the Secretary of State for India; but it must not be understood that the approval either of the Secretary of State or of the Government of India extends to every particular expression of opinion.

APPENDIX I.

PAGE.

A SLIGHT DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION OF INDIA AND A

BRIEF SKETCH OF THE INDIAN FINANCIAL SYSTEM

339

LORD BIRKENHEAD'S SPEECH ON INDIAN AFFAIRS, dated 7TH JULY 1925.

350

APPENDIX V.

THE HON'BLE MR. V. J. PATEL'S SPEECH, dated 22nd August 1925

367

APPENDIX VI.

HIS EXCELLENOY THE VICEROY'S SPEECH, dated 20th August 1925

369

APPENDIX VII.

PRESS COMMUNIQUE AND CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING INDIANS IN SOUTH

AFRICA

384

APPENDIX VIII.

CONCLUSIONS OF SIR CHARLES INNES' SPEECH ON THE RAILWAY BUDGET.

392

APPENDIX IX.

SIR BASIL BLACKETT'S SPEECH INTRODUCING THE BUDGET, DATED 1ST

MARCH 1926

395

EXPLANATION.

The rupee is worth 1 shilling and six pence gold, its fluctuations being confined between the upper and lower gold points corresponding to that ratio. One lakh (100,000) of rupees is worth £7,500 and one crore (ten millions) is worth £750,000 at the present rate of exchange.