MR. O'EEILLYasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether the new regulations relative to the position and pay of Roman Catholic chaplains to troops in India, which were stated last year to be under consideration, have been decided on?
§ LORD GEORGE HAMILTONSir, a despatch was received from the Government of India, dated August 18, 1874, in which we were informed that the Government of India were inquiring into the subject, and were prepared to modify the present system if upon inquiry they found it necessary to do so. Since then we have received no further communication, and I am afraid that I, therefore, can give no definite information as to whether or not the present regulations have been altered.