This led to an agitation for requiring the Government to give effect to the proviso in the Paper Currency Act,⁸² and the movement assumed such dimensions that it forced the hands of the Government. On this occasion the plan for effecting the change was boldly conceived. Sir Charles Trevelyan [pg 43] ⁸² This time the Government was memorialized by all the Chambers of Commerce—Bengal, Bombay, and Madras. Action was also urged by the Bombay Association and the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. But the movement derived its greatest strength from the support of the Government of Bombay, particularly by Sir William Mansfield’s famous Minute on Gold Currency for India. TABLE VII _Trade and Currency_⁸³ ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Merchandise. Treasure. Total Excess (+) Annual Net Coinage of or Defect Production Imports of (-) of (in £, Coinage on 00,000 Years Net Imports omitted) of of ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Imports. Exports. Silver. Gold. Silver. Gold. Silver. Gold. Gold. Silver. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1860–61 23,493,716 32,970,605 5,328,009 4,232,569 5,297,150 65,038 −30,859 −4,167,531 23,9 8,2 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1861–62 22,320,432 36,317,042 9,086,456 5,184,425 7,470,030 58,667 −1,616,426 −5,125,758 22,8 8,5 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1862–63 22,632,384 47,859,645 12,550,155 6,848,156 9,355,405 130,666 −3,194,750 −6,717,490 21,6 9,0 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1863–64 27,145,590 65,625,449 12,796,717 8,898,306 11,556,720 54,354 −1,239,997 −8,843,952 21,4 9,8