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Mr. WHITE
asked the Secretary of State for India the number of copies of the report of the Simon Commission which have been sold in this country and abroad?
Mr. BENN
The number of copies sold by the Stationery Office up to 15th November is as follows:
Vol. I. | Vol. II. | |
In this country | 33,653 | 23,249 |
In India | 16,000 | 20,000 |
In United States of America | 431 | 430 |
50,084 | 43,679 |
In addition 2,500 and 720 copies of each volume have been issued on "sale or return" in this country and in the dominions respectively. I have no information as to how many copies of the report sold to booksellers in this country were resold to customers abroad, or as to the number of copies sold to the public in India by the Government of India who were the purchasers from the Stationery Office.