First edition. Folio. 91, [1, blank] pp. Original blue printed wrappers (some creasing and wear to corners with small loss to ends to spine). London, Printed under the Authority of his Majesty’s Stationery Office by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Ltd, 1914.
The final report on the rupee in relation to the gold standard and paper currency reserves, presented, after thirty-four meetings of the commissioners, to the King and both houses of parliament in 1914. After publishing his book Indian Currency and Finance in 1913, Keynes sat on the commission and convinced almost all of the commissioners of his case for the necessity of continued support of India’s gold exchange standard. Keynes’s proposals for an Indian state bank were not accepted, but his arguments were presented as an annexe to this report (pp. 58-87). Alfred Marshall was greatly impressed by Keynes’s arguments in the annexe (ODNB).
