§ MR. D. CRAWFORDI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether the Secretary of State is aware that Mr. Slater, a junior barrister, has been appointed by the Bombay Government to act as Chief Residency Magistrate at Bombay; and whether Mr. Slater is duly qualified, according to the regulations, to hold this appointment?
SIR J. GORSTThe Secretary of State has received no official information of Mr. Slater's appointment; but, if appointed, he would be duly qualified, being a barrister of upwards of nine years' standing, and an advocate for some years in the High Court of Bombay.