THE PROBLEM OF THE RUPEE - Page 556

STABILITY OF THE EXCHANGE STANDARD 541

Not only did the Government sell reverse councils on a large scale, but it also sold gold for rupees for internal circulation a thing which it seldom did before.

III. R EDEMPTION IN 1920

TABLE XLVIII

Col1 Col2 SALE OF GOLD Col5 Col6
No. of Sale Date of Sale Minimum Rate of accepted Tenders Average Rate of accepted Tenders Quantity sold (in Tolas) Price of Country Bar Gold in the Bombay Bazaar
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 g 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1919. September 3 ” 17 October 6 ” 20 November 3 ” 17 December 8 1920. January 5 ” 19 February 5 ” 19 March 3 ” 17 April 7 ” 21 May 5 ” 19 June 9 ” 23 July 7 ” 21 August 4 ” 19 September 1 ” 14 Rs. A. p. 25 8 0 24 8 0 25 8 0 26 15 3 27 14 6 26 15 0 26 0 6 26 4 3 26 13 3 25 2 3 16 2 3 18 8 0 21 6 0 22 7 3 23 7 4 20 13 3 21 0 3 21 8 9 20 14 10 21 1 4 22 0 1 22 5 6 23 9 4 22 8 3 23 9 4 Rs. A. P. 26 12 1 24 10 0 25 9 8 27 0 2 27 15 6 27 0 11 26 4 6 26 7 9 26 14 7 25 9 7 21 9 1 18 12 4 21 7 7 22 9 4 23 8 6 21 3 2 21 1 7 21 9 8 21 0 5 22 2 2 22 0 11 22 6 3 23 10 2 22 10 8 23 12 11 Total 3,29,130 3,96,640 3,26,000 3,34,000 3,25,000 5,18,500 10,00,650 7,63,300 8,00,000 7,56,450 9,60,590 12,96,125 12,53,325 12,46,200 10,68,175 11,96,750 12,46,050 11,32,350 12,25,250 12,81,500 12,42,000 12,78,950 5,54,500 8,27,700 2,30,500 Rs. A. P. 28 10 0 26 1 0 27 0 0 28 0 0 28 5 0 28 2 0 27 10 0 27 3 0 27 5 0 25 6 0 23 4 0 21 7 0 22 13 0 24 0 0 24 4 0 21 8 0 21 12 0 22 2 6 21 8 0 21 6 0 22 5 0 22 7 0 23 7 0 23 1 6 23 8 0
2,15,89,635

During 1920 no council bills were drawn by the Secretary of State on the Government of India.