§ MR. J. MACLEAN (Oldham)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether any reply has yet been received from the Government of India to the inquiries of the Secretary of State as to the expediency of amending the law for the regulation of labour in Indian factories?
SIR J. GORSTYes, Sir; the Secretary of State has been informed by telegraph that the Government of India's report on the Factory Act was despatched by the mail of the 8th of March.