§ MR. J. F. HOGAN (Tipperary, Mid)I beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether he will favourably entertain the suggestion that a certain number of seats on the space in front of the National Gallery, or some other suitable site, be reserved for the official representatives of the Colonies and such Members of the Colonial Legislatures as may desire to witness the Jubilee procession?
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (Mr. AKERS-DOUGLAS, Kent, St. Augustine's)Arrangements have already teen made for allotting a certain number 1412 of seats to representatives of the Colonies, and the Colonial Office will arrange for their distribution.
§ CAPTAIN BAGOT (Westmoreland, Kendal)I beg to ask the Secretary of Stale for India whether any, and if so what, regiments of Indian Native Infantry are going to be represented on the occasion of the celebration of the 60th year of Her Majesty's reign?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON, Middlesex, Baling)On, the occasion of the Jubilee in 1887 it was decided that the Indian Army as a whole should be represented by 13 officers of Native Cavalry, and it is proposed on the present occasion to follow that precedent, but to increase the number from 13 to 22. To these will be added 18 native officers representing the Imperial Service troops, which are maintained by the native Slates for service with the regular army in time of war. Any proposal to bring home a selection of native infantry soldiers, and at the same time to keep the numbers of the representative detachment within reasonable bounds, was hold in 1887, and is held now, to be attended by almost insuperable difficulties. These difficulties I much regret, for I should have been glad to have been able to give prominence at Her Majesty's Jubilee to the Native Infantry, who have on so many occasions done such splendid service for the Empire.