§ SIR SEYMOUR KING: (Hull, Central)I beg to ask the Secretary of State 828 for India, in view of the fact that the Government of India sent a despatch, dated 17th January, 1901, dealing finally with the petitions from numerous Cooper's Hill officers in India, in which they complain of breach of the terms of their engagement, and that this was the last of a series of despatches on the same object extending over ten years, whether a final decision can now be given, and whether he will now consent to lay upon the Table the correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Government of India on the subject.
§ LORD G. HAMILTONMy reply to the Government of India's letter referred to in my hon. friend's question was given in a despatch dated the 7th June, which contains the final decision of the Secretary of State in Council on the subject. I am now prepared to lay the Government of India's letter and my reply upon the Table of the House.