LORD STANLEYsaid, he rose to ask the Secretary of State for India, Whether it is his intention to bring in a Bill in the course of the present Session for the reconstruction of the Council of the Governor General of India; and whether it is his intention to bring in a Bill for the amendment of the Law relating to the Civil Service of India?
§ SIR CHARLES WOODsaid, that both of these subjects had been under his consideration since he acceded to his present office, and it was his intention to introduce a Bill dealing with them, and also another Bill for the amalgamation of the Supreme and Sudder Courts, after Easter. He should have been glad to bring in the Bills before the vacation, if the state of business had offered any prospect of making progress with them; but, unfortunately, such a step would have been utterly useless.