§ MR. J. F. X. O'BRIEN (Mayo, S.)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, With reference to the affidavit filed on the 12th ultimo in the High Court of Judicature, Madras, by Mr. William Francis Grahame, Madras Covenanted Civil Service, Sessions Judge of Tinnevelly, to the effect that, in June 1884, he heard it publicly stated by a Native landowner of good position to Mr. Edward Turner, that his (Mr. Edward Turner's) immediate predecessor, as Chief Magistrate and Principal Collector of the Madura District, had been in the habit of taking bribes; and, whether he can explain why Messieurs Turner and Grahame, above referred to, for three years permitted such very serious allegations to go unnoticed?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)(who replied) said: The Secretary of State for India has no knowledge of the affidavit referred to by the hon. 275 Member except from the newspapers. He will, however, call the attention of the Government of Madras to the Question on the Paper.