§ MR. BRADLAUGH (Northampton)asked the Under Secretary of State for India (1) whether appointments in Native States where the persons appointed are not natives of the respective States are reported by the Agents of the Viceroy to the Government of India; (2) whether in the State of Rampur an English engineer has been appointed to supervise the buildings of the Nawab of Rampur, at a cost of Rs.1,800 per month, with a regular establishment; (3) whether the like work had been performed by an Indian engineer on Rs.100 a month and a clerk on Rs.10; (4) and whether such appointment has been approved, and on what grounds?
§ *THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Sir J. GORST,) Chatham(1) No; such appointments are not reported to the Government of India. (2), (3), and (4). The Secretary of State has no information on the appointment referred to.
§ MR. BRADLAUGHDoes the hon. Gentleman mean by the expression "not usually reported" that sometimes they are?
§ *SIR J. GORSTNo, Sir; they are not reported.