§ MR. BARNESsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for India, When he expects to receive the Report of the Commission appointed by the Governor 1646 General of India on the 8th December last to "elicit full information" concerning the recent famine in Orissa; and whether he will lay the Report on the table of the House as soon as it arrives?
§ SIR JAMES FERGUSSON,in reply, said, it was impossible to say when the Report would arrive, but it would be laid on the table without loss of time. The inquiry was still being prosecuted.