§ MR. KIMBER (Wandsworth)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware of the arrangements made for the education, during his minority, of Sirdar Bhai Shamshere Singh, the present chief of Arnowli and head of the Bhaikean family in the Punjab; and whether he will ascertain if there is any reason why the Sirdar should not be allowed a tutor competent to educate him in English, and in a manner becoming the position he is likely to hold on his coming of age.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord G. HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingThis chief is at present only nine years old, and his brother six years old. The estate to which he is heir has only a moderate income, and is in debt. The arrangements for the education of these boys are made by the Court of Wards, subject to the approval of the Punjab Government, and under these circumstances there is much to be said in favour of a good native tutor until the lads are old enough to go to the Sirdar's college.