§ SIR SEYMOUR KING (Hull, Central)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether the Europeans of the Bengal Pilot Service appointed by the Secretary of State for India and sent out from England under covenants have been 902 refused by the Government of India the privilege of sharing in the exchange compensation allowance granted to European officers of the Government Service in India, on the ground that in 1856 the mode in which they were remunerated was changed to that of payment by fees instead of by salary, notwithstanding the fact that when these officers were asked to assent to the change they were assured by Government Order No. 1,030, dated 27th June, 1856, that—
in all other respects their position, present and prospective, shall remain unaltered;whether he is aware that their juniors who are paid by salary are allowed the benefits of the exchange-compensation allowance; and on what grounds a discrimination is made in affording the relief offered by the Government to all non-domiciled Europeans in the Indian Government Service, against the superior pilots appointed in the same manner, who had received that assurance from the Government?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. H. H. FOWLER,) Wolverhampton, E.There is no information on the subject in the India Office. All applications respecting exchange-compensation allowance have to be made through the Local Authorities, who alone can judge whether the applicant is entitled to it under the Resolution of the Government of India.