§ COLONEL FREESTUNsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether it is proposed to grant to the Masters of the Indian Navy the same privileges regarding Pensions and Furlough to Europe which the other Officers of the Indian Service enjoy?
LORD STANLEYsaid, there could be no doubt that the position of the masters in the Indian navy was in many respects anomalous and unsatisfactory; but the question what steps should be taken to improve their condition was included in an- 915 other and a much wider one, namely, what were the arrangements which should for the future he adopted with regard to the Indian mail. He was in communication with the Governor General upon that subject, and he expected shortly to hear from him; but in the meantime he could not undertake to answer the question of the hon. and gallant Member.