COLONEL MILNE-HOMEasked the Under Secretary of State for India, If his attention has been drawn to a paragraph in The Homeward Mail of the 21st October 1884, which states that "Indian Furlough Rules are under the consideration of the Government of India;" and, if he is in a position to say when, should the above statement be correct, the revised Rules are likely to come into operation?
§ MR. J. K. CROSSA communication has already been received by the Secretary of State from the Government of India regarding the Indian Furlough Rules. It is now under his consideration. The question is one of serious importance, and cannot be settled without very careful inquiry, involving, possibly, further references to India. I am unable to say, therefore, when a final decision will be come to; but there will be no avoidable delay in dealing with the subject.