MR. HERBERT ROBERTS (Denbighshire, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether the inquiry which was instituted into the allegations made against the Excise administration of Assam in a memorandum issued by Mr. James Buckingham, CLE., in 1902, on behalf of the Indian Tea Association, has been concluded; and when the Report will be published.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordThe inquiry has been concluded by the local authorities, and I hope shortly to receive their Report, together with the views of the Government of India upon it.