§ MR. CONYBEARE (Cornwall, Camborne)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether any and what steps have been taken to remedy the admitted grievances of the officers of the Indian Telegraph Department; and, whether he will lay upon the Table of the House the whole of the Correspondence that has passed on this subject, as well between the Director General of Telegraphs and the Indian Government as between the latter and the Indian Office?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)A scheme relating to the Telegraph Department in India was prepared by the late Secretary of State in Council, and transmitted to India on July 8. The Government of India was authorized to give effect to it, if, after obtaining the views of the Commission which has been appointed to consider the possibility of effecting reductions in the Public Expenditure, they should think it right to do so. Until the decision of the Government of India has been received, it is impossible to undertake to publish the Correspondence.