§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether the Government of Bengal have yet arranged to relieve the Bengal
‡ See page 470.833 agriculturists of the chow-kidari tax, a tax levied for the remuneration of village watchmen.
§ THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (MR. CHARLES HOBHOUSE, Bristol, E.)I have ascertained from the Government of India that the Bengal Government has submitted to them proposals for improving the administration of the Act and reducing admitted inequalities of taxation. These proposals are under consideration.