§ MR. CARBUTTasked the Under Secretary of State for India, If there is any intention on the part of Her Majesty's Government or the Government of India to withdraw from the position taken up by the Government of India, in the Resolution of the 29th of November, 1881, by which it was determined, after the 1st of January, 1882, to separate the Military from the Civil Branches of the Public Works Department?
§ MR. J. K. CROSSI think that my hon. Friend has misunderstood the effect of the Resolution to which he refers. It does not separate the Military from the Civil Branches of the Public Works Department, but simply transfers, for administrative convenience, to the Military Department the business in connection with military works previously conducted in the Public Works Department. There is no reason to suppose that the Government of India intend to withdraw from this Resolution, and the Secretary of State for India has no intention of interfering in an administrative detail of this kind.
§ In reply to Mr. ONSLOW,
§ MR. J. K. CROSSsaid, the whole matter of the Public Works Department was under the consideration of the Government of India.