§ MR. VANSITTARTsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, whether there is not considerable stagnation in the promotion of Civil Servants in the North Western Provinces; and whether such stagnation may not probably arise from a disregard of the Rules laid down in the Resolution of the Governor General in Council of the 21st October 1856, and of the understanding then entertained that the civilians of the North Western Provinces would be eligible for the superior appointments in the Punjab and Oude?
§ SIR CHARLES WOODreplied that he had not been able to discover that the Civil Servants in the North Western Provinces had any reason to complain, although he must admit that promotion had been less rapid than they might have expected. The matter was one, however, in which the Home Government of India did not interfere. The promotions took place solely under the direction of the Indian authorities.