§ MR. ALEXANDER M'ARTHURasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether a statement made by a correspondent of the" Examiner" newspaper is true, that during Viceregal journeys constributions of food, forage, and other articles are levied upon the country people "for the Governor General's Camp," and that the villagers never receive a farthing for anything supplied in this way; and, if so, whether any steps will be taken to prevent similar exactions is future?
§ LORD GEORGE HAMILTON, in reply, said, the statement was incorrect. When the Viceroy of India travelled through the country, it was the custom to send an officer on the route some days previously to provide the necessary accommodation and prevent fraud. No such practices as those alluded to were practised or permitted.