HC Deb 02 May 1884 vol 287 cc1157-8
MR. R. POWER

asked the Under Secretary of State for India, If he would lay upon the Table the whole of the Correspondence of Captain E. A. Campbell with the Government of Madras, Revenue Department, dated March and April 1882, and February 1883, complaining of certain official irregularities; also the whole of the Correspondence on the same subject by Captain Campbell with the Viceroy of India in July, August, and September 1883, and with the Secretary of State for India, dated July and August 1882, February, July, August, September, November, and December 1883?

MR. J. K. CROSS

On the 8th of June, 1882, the Government of Madras informed the Secretary of State that Captain Campbell had entirely failed to substantiate the charges which he had made. In this opinion the Secretary of State, after full consideration of the Papers, entirely concurred, and informed Captain Campbell that he declined to receive any further communication from him on the subject, except through the Government of Madras. Under these circumstances, I must decline to lay upon the Table the Correspondence in question.