MR. MA.C NEILLI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether the inquiry forwarded to the-Government of Bombay in August last respecting the Forest Regulations in the districts of Colaba and Thana has yet been answered; and whether he will grant, as an Unopposed Return, a Copy of the new Regulations which have been issued for the districts named?
SIR J. GORSTNo, Sir; the answer has not yet been received. The matter was under discussion in Bombay last month. As soon as the Report is received the Secretary of State will consider what Papers can be laid upon the Table.