§ SIR MANCHERJEE BHOWNAGGREEI beg to ask the Secretary of State for India if he will take into consideration the question of forming a Naval Reserve of the body of Lascars employed on British merchant vessels; and if he will invite the Government of the Viceroy of India to express their views on the advisability of creating such a Reserve.
§ LORD G. HAMILTONThere are such practical difficulties to the creation of such a Reserve under the orders of the Government of India, that I am not disposed to address the Government of India on the subject.