§ MR. RYLANDSasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether 1326 any Communication has been received from the Government of India approving of the transfer of the Persian Mission to the Indian Department, in accordance with the recommendation of the Select Committee on Diplomatic and Consular Services; and, if so, whether he will lay the Correspondence relating thereto upon the Table of the House?
MR. GRANT DUFFIt is not, Sir, in my power to lay any Correspondence on the Table with reference to the transference of the Persian Mission to the Indian Department; but the Government of India has lately intimated to us that it shares on this subject the views of Sir Henry Rawlinson, whose views are in accordance with those of the majority of the Committee.