§ MR. BLANE (Armagh, S.)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether the attention of Government has been drawn to the repeated occurrence of official scandals in Madras during the last five years; and, whether an independent inquiry will be made into the now current Crole-Sullivan scandal, which, during the past six months, has been commented on by the whole Indian press, Native and European?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)The careful attention of the Secretary of State is always given to every occurrence of an official character which takes place at Madras, or any other place in British India. The case of Mr. Crole has been fully inquired into by the late Secretary of State in Council, and that of Mr. Sullivan is now under consideration.