§ SIR ROPER LETHBRIDGE (Kensington, N.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether the attention of Her Majesty's Government has been drawn to the announcement that the Government of His 853 Highness the Nizam has obtained from Abdul Huk the value of a large number of shares in the Hyderabad Deccan Company; whether this arrangement is any part of the arrangement suggested or sanctioned by the Government of India as a settlement of the affairs of that Company; and, whether any Papers on the subject will be laid upon the Table before the Debate on the Indian Budget?
SIR J. GORSTMy noble Friend the Secretary of State knows nothing about the matter except what appears in the newspapers. With regard to Papers, the settlement with the Company is still under consideration.