§ MR. E. BRODIE HOARE (Hampstead)On behalf of the hon. Member for Central Hull, Sir SEYMOUR KING, I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, whether he can state how many men of the surviving officers of the General List, Indian Army, signed the declaration that their appointments were to be "subject to any alterations that might be subsequently ordered in the conditions of service;" and, whether he will state the precise date on which the declaration was first actually signed by a cadet on appointment?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON,) Middlesex, BalingOf the officers now on the General List 11 filled up the old form of nomination, which did not contain the Question referred to by my hon. Friend; three were in India at the time of their appointment, and it is not known what form they signed; the remaining 55 signed the new form. The 17th December 1858, is the date on which the new form was first signed by a cadet.