§ SIR HENRY JAMESreported from the Select Committee on East India (Hyderabad Deccan Mining Company), That they had made progress in the matter to them referred, and had come to a Resolution, which they had directed him to report to the House, and the Resolution of the Committee is as followeth:—
That the Committee having received applications from the Nizam of Hyderabad, the Hyderabad Deccan Mining Company, the Sirdar Diler Jung, Mr. Witham Clarence Watson, Mr. Henry Parkinson Sharp, and Mr. James Graham. Stewart to be represented by Counsel before the Committee, the Committee are of opinion that it will be advisable to allow Counsel to represent the said Applicants for the purpose of assisting the Committee to 517 such extent and purposes as the Committee may from time to time direct.
§ Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 177.]
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Motion made, and Question proposed,
That the Select Committee on East India (Hyderabad Deccan Mining Company) have leave to hear Counsel (to such extent as they shall think fit) upon the matters referred to them."—(Sir Henry James.)
§ SIR EDWARD WATKIN (Hythe)asked, whether it was intended by the Resolution which had been moved by the right hon. and learned Gentleman to impose any restriction upon the most searching inquiry?
§ SIR HENRY JAMES (Bury, Lancashire)said, there was no intention of putting any limitation upon the inquiry. It was, however, intended to impose a limit upon the action of Counsel in matters which the Committee did not think it necessary to inquire into. They thought it was necessary to assert their right to control Counsel.
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Question put, and agreed to.
Ordered, That the Select Committee on East India (Hyderabad Deccan Mining Company) have leave to hear Counsel (to such extent as they shall think fit) upon the matters referred to them.