§ SIR THOMAS BAZLEYasked the Under Secretary of State for India, If, in consequence of the recent order of Government which abolishes the grade of surgeon general and reduces the number of deputy surgeons general in the Indian Medical Service in all three Presidencies, and which upsets the actuary's calculations for medical retiring annuities, whether it is the intention of Government to issue instructions to the Indian Government to grant to medical officers on retirement the annuities after the average period of service which prevailed in each Presidency prior to the publication of the order referred to, and thereby to secure to medical officers of the late Honourable East India Company's Service the rights and privileges guaranteed by Parliament?
§ MR. E. STANHOPESir, my noble Friend the Secretary of State for India has received several Memorials asking for a modification of the recent Order which abolishes the grade of surgeon general and reduces the number of deputy surgeons general. They are now under the consideration of the Secretary of State in Council.