§ MR. MALLOCk (Devon, Torquay)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, What number of officers belonging to the Public Works Department in India are now in the employment of Private Companies or private persons in whose undertakings the Indian Governmen has no pecuniary interest?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)Twenty-eight. Of these, 22 are employed in Native States, mostly in connection with railways, and six are lent to the Government of Egypt.