§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary of State for India if ho will state the nature of the Report made by Captain Kennedy on estate schools for Eastern Bengal and Assam; and the name of the 834 officer deputed to report on Bengal schools.
§ MR. CHARLES HOBHOUSEI have not seen Captain Kennedy's report; I have nothing to add to the Answer given on the 14th March last on the subject, f I do not know the name of the officer (if any) who is inquiring into the matter in Bengal, but nearly all the tea-gardens formerly under the Government of Bengal are now within the jurisdiction of the Lieutenant-Governor of Eastern Bengal and Assam, and have boon dealt with by Captain Kennedy.