§ SIR ROBERT FOWLER (London)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether an officer appointed an Indian cadet under the old Regulations, and before it was decided that appointments should be subjected to any alterations deemed necessary by the Secretary of State for India, and who, in consequence, has not been called upon to consent to such alterations, has, notwithstanding frequent appeals, been compelled to serve in accordance with such alterations; and, if so, will compensation be granted to such officer for the heavy pecuniary loss he has sustained?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)There is no officer now in the service of the Government of India whose condition answers the description in the Question. On the assumption by the Crown of the direct government of India, it was decided in December, 1858, that all future appointments should be subject to any alterations which might be made by the Secretary of State. There is no officer now on the general list whose commission is dated earlier than February, 1859.