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 RELATING TO INDIA GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS Review of the Trad of I, di in 1916-17. DEPARTStENT OF STATISTICS, INDI.S.. Calcutta: Superintendent o! Govern- ment Printing, India. 1917. pp. iii, 81, vi, and five full-paGe plates, Price As. 1. This annual volume is again of gret eoonomist. Daring the year under review effect o! the War developed further. The were felt in 19!5 and thereafter commenced interest to the the progressive iuitial shocks the resrremge- ment of Indian trade on a basis of greatly increased prioes abroad and redneed shipping facilities. In 1916-17, the imports o! merchandise increased in value by 18 per cent over the previous year and the exlx)rts by 91 per cent, the figures being for the first time greater than th average for the last five years o! peace. The 'increase over peace time is due to higher prices, however, as the want of ship has considerably reduced the gross quantities o! produce entering and leaving the country. The volume contains the usual illuminating diagrams of a popular character; and very interesting and useful sum- mary descriptions of the corse of trade in the principal commodltles such as imports o! cotton goods, the exports o! hides, raw cotton, ell seeds and coal. At the end the movements of gold and silver coin and ballion are dealt with, and tlere is a useful explanation o! a tabular state- ment of the balance of trsde. Part I[ contains the usual summary table o! imports and exports, $ reprint o! the Import and Export Ctstoms Tariff sud statistics'relating to various mstters such as index numbers o! prices, tonnage o! shipping, cos-wiso trade and movements o! agricultural produce by rail. Fi, anial ment, ludis, This is $tate,ent and Bttdget, 1918.19. Finance Depart- Delhi: 8uperintendent, Government Printing, 1918. pp. iv, 840. Price Rs 2-8. by far the most interesting o! the annual Finance Department, containing, as it publications of the does, a complete review of the revenue and expenditure o! the Imperial and Provincial Government, o[ the operations uessmry to maiumin the cash resources and )f the currency and exchange difficulties. The volume follows the usutl form, except that the improved procedure o! the Imperial Legis. o lstive Council whereby the Finance Membe/-'s speech follows