§ MR. CAINE (Cornwall, Camborne)To ask the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn 1146 to the grievance of native engineers (assistant) of the Bombay Public Works Department with reference to promotion in the service; and, if so, will he explain why the two posts guaranteed to the first two successful candidates at the examination for the degree of licentiate of civil engineering of Bombay have been reduced to one.
(Answered by Secretary Lord George Hamilton.) No representation has been made to me regarding the alleged grievance, nor have any information as to any reduction in the number of appointments allotted to Bombay.