§ DR. HAZEL (West Bromwich)To ask the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that Mr. E. Candler, a newspaper correspondent, was announced in the Calcutta Gazette of the 11th of September last as appointed temporarily to be a member of the Indian Educational Service; whether the object of this form of notification is to secure that Mr. Candler shall draw full pay while officiating as Principal of the Hooghly College instead of acting allowance, and that a vested interest may be 525 created which shall pave the way to his permanent appointment; and whether, in view of the pledge given to the House that the appointment made was purely a temporary one during the absence on leave of the permanent incumbent, he will say what steps he proposes to take in the matter.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Morley.) I stated on the 27th of June that Mr. Candler's appointment was a temporary one. † It is still a temporary one, and it cannot be made permanent without my sanction. I see no reason for taking any action in the matter at present.