§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)To ask the Secretary of State for India if he will state under what circumstances Mr. Addison, a junior member of the Civil Service of India of three years standing, has recently been appointed to the office of Secretary of the Delhi Municipality; and, seeing that the appointment will result in Mr. Addison having to try cases as a magistrate which it will be his duty as Municipal Secretary to institute, will the expediency of rescinding the appointment be considered.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Morley.) I have no information as to the circumstances of Mr. Addison's appointment, but I will inquire.