§ MR. CAINE (Cornwall, Camborne)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, whether he will give the names of the present members of the Indian Imperial Council established at the New Year of 1877 by Lord Lytton, under the Command of the late Queen-Empress; and whether, looking to the desire then proclaimed of obtaining in matters of importance the counsel and advice of the Princes and Chiefs of India, and of associating them with the Paramount Power in a manner honourable to themselves and advantageous to the Empire, he will state whether at the Delhi Coronation Durbar occasion will be taken to hold a session of the Council, and thus further the objects of the institution.
§ LORD GEORGE HAMILTONThe Council of the Empire at present consists solely of ex officio members, and there is no intention of holding a session at Delhi on the occasion of the Coronation Durbar.
§ (No answer was given.)