§ MR. BRADLAUGH (Northampton)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that, in spite of the instructions of the Secretary of State for India in 1879, to the effect that no one except a native of India should be appointed to posts in any branch of the Administration in India of Rs. 200 and upwards, except so far as the Presidencies of Madras and Bombay are concerned, on reference to himself and with his sanction, and that of the Viceroy from other parts of India, there are in the Post Office Department a large number of Europeans occupying posts designated for natives of India; whether his sanction was given, or that of the Viceroy, in each instance, to the several appointments; and whether he will state why natives of India were not appointed to these offices, seeing that identical positions in every presidency and province are filled by natives of India?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Sir J. GORST,) ChathamThe Secretary of State has had no explanation on this subject, but inquiry is being made.