§ COLONEL SYKESsaid, he rose to ask the Secretary of State for India, Whether a requisition has been received from the Bombay Government for a large supply of Disinfecting Powder; whether the application has not been complied with; and on what grounds?
§ SIR CHARLES WOODsaid, in reply, that an application had been received from the Bombay Government, which he referred to the Sanitary Commissions sitting under the authority of the War Office for their opinion. He did not feel himself justified from their Report in complying with the request.