HC Deb 06 August 1883 vol 282 cc1622-3
GENERAL SIR GEORGE BALFOUR

asked the Under Secretary of State for India, If he will lay upon the Table of the House a statement in detail of the establishment of the Secretary of State for India in Council, as formed under the first Order in Council, and as now formed with the alterations as made in the last Order in Council of 19th July 1883, the comparison to show ranks, classes, numbers, rates of salary, and total salaries, with explanations as to increases and decreases?

MR. J. K. CROSS

The India Office, under the first Order in Council of 1859, was constituted on a totally different basis to that on which it now stands; but in 1860 it was re-organized on a footing more nearly resembling the present establishment. If my hon. and gallant Friend will move for a Return comparing the India Office as it now is with what it was in 1860, I shall be happy to present it.