§ MR. J. F. X. O'BRIEN (Mayo, S.)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether, in the outbreak in July last in the Guden District, Madras, the police defended their station before it was burnt; how many police were engaged; what was the total of casualties on each side; and, who inhabited the two bungalows burnt by the rebels?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)There were 10 or 11 police at the station; but they allege that they were surprised while asleep, and they made no resistance. There were no casualties on either side. The two bungalows burnt were the property of the Government; but I cannot say whether they were inhabited at the time, or by whom.