§ MR. HENRY J. WILSON (York, W.R., Holmfirth)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India why the Government of India maintains colleges for the higher education of Hindus and Mahommedans in India, and why no similar provision is made for Europeans and Eurasians?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingThe Government of India does not maintain colleges for the higher education of Hindus and Mahommedans. The Madrissa schools were established for Mahommedans requiring to be instructed in Persian and Arabic, but the students in the college department of those schools attend lectures in the Presidency College. With this exception Government colleges and higher schools are open to all classes without distinction.