§ MR. KIMBER (Wandsworth)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India what reply, if any, has been given to the numerous Memorials submitted to the Secretary of State by civil engineers of 1818 the Public Works Department during 1889–90; and if he is willing to lay upon the Table of the House copies of any Correspondence with the Government of India that may have taken place with regard to them?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. George RUSSELL,) North Beds.In so far as the Memorials of the civil engineers dealt with the low sterling value of the pensions payable in rupees, they have been met by the decision to issue all such pensions in England at a minimum rate of 1s. 9d. the rupee. There are other points connected with the pay and promotion of the civil engineers which are still under consideration, and, until a decision has been arrived at, the correspondence is incomplete and cannot be laid.