§ MR. CONYBEARE (Cornwall, Camborne)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether the Correspondence respecting the Indian Telegraph Department is still incomplete; and, whether he will take stops to have it laid before the House before the day fixed for the discussion of the Indian Budget?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) () Manchester, N.E.I am requested by the Under Secretary of State for India to answer this Question. The correspondence regarding the re-organization of the Indian Telegraph Department is complete, so far as the Secretary of State is concerned; but as the Secretary of State's final despatch is not yet in the hands of the Government of India, it would be premature to present the Papers to Parliament until the Government of India is in possession of the Secretary of State's decision.