§ MR. REESI beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether it is intended to give the planting interest alternate representation only upon the Legislative Council of Eastern Bengal and Assam; and whether, in that case, he will, in view of the magnitude of the interests involved and of the benefits accruing to the province from the cultivation of tea, provide for the continuous representation of the industry.
§ MR. MORLEYI have no official information as to the intentions of the Lieutenant-Governor in this matter. The regulations under which the Legislative Council will be constituted do not preclude the continuous representation of the planting interest, and I have no doubt that that interest will receive the fullest representation which is consistent, with a due regard for other claims.