§ MR. CAINE (Bradford, E.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India if he will lay upon the Table of the House some information, in the shape of a Return or otherwise, showing the composition of the recently-elected Legislative Assemblies throughout British India, and the methods pursued by the various Governors and Lieutenant Governors in carrying out the provisions of the Indian Councils Act?
* MR. GEORGE RUSSELLThe Secretary of State will lay on the Table, if my hon. Friend will move for them, the Papers relating to this subject including notifications issued in The Gazettes of the several Governments in India to carry out the provisions of the Indian Councils Act of 1892. The appointment of additional Members under the Act is not yet completed; and the Secretary of State cannot, therefore, at present give the information asked for.