§ MR. STUART-WORTLEY (Sheffield, Hallam)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether he has received any representative memorials or petitions from the general public on the subject of the proposals contained in his Dispatch of 26th March 1897 for improving the health of the British troops in India; and, if so whether he has any objection to make them public?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingI have received only two memorials which can be held to be representative of general public opinion on the subject of my Dispatch of 26th March 1897 regarding the health of British troops in India, and I have no objection to make them public. A few memorials have also been received from local meetings and societies, embodying protests against the action taken by Her Majesty's Government.