§ SIR WILLIAM WEDDERBURN (Banffshire)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether he will inquire from the Government of India why no reply has been sent to a memorial, dated 29th November 1895, from Mr. E. R. Jardine, Deputy Postmaster of Bombay, regarding his claim to exchange compensation; and whether he is aware that Mr. Jardine, on the ground of his English domicile, drew compensation up to 30th November 1894; that the compensation was then stopped without any reason being assigned; that Mr. Jardine's father possessed an English domicile, as holding Her Majesty's commission; and that his brother Mr. A. J. A. Jardine, District Police Superintendent in Burma, and Mr. W. E. Jardine, Assistant Collector of Salt in Bombay, whoso status is exactly the same as his, are allowed, without objection, to draw their compensation allowance?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingThe subject of the grant of exchange compensation is, as stated by me on the 26th January, now under the consideration of the Secretary of State in Council. Until the Government of India receive his decision, which I hope, will be communicated very soon, on the many points that have been raised, they are not in a position to reply to individual memorials