HC Deb 06 May 1875 vol 224 c158
MR. ANDERSON

asked the Under Secretary of State for India, If he will inform the House what steps the Indian Government has taken for inquiry or for legislation regarding factories in India?

LORD GEORGE HAMILTON

Sir, we received a short time back a despatch from the Bombay Government, informing us that they had appointed a Commission, composed of Europeans and Natives, to inquire into and report upon the factory system in force in that Presidency.