§ SIR ROPER LETHBRIDGE (Kensington, N.)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether the rule that Natives of India, when appointed to posts usually held by Europeans, should draw only two-thirds of the pay of their appointments, has operated in Bengal in such a way as to inflict a pecuniary fine on two Native officers, who have recently been promoted from the subordinate educational service to the superior or graded educational service for exceptional merit and ability; and, with reference to the statement of the late Under Secretary of State on the subject, on the 23rd February, 1886, whether the Government of India has taken any measures to carry out the instructions of the Secretary of State?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)The Secretary of State is not aware of any specific cases in Bengal where the rule has operated in the manner described. The instructions of the Secretary of State on the subject have been referred by the Government of India to the Public Service Commission.