§ MR. REESI beg to ask the Undersecretary of State for India whether the attention of the Secretary of State has been called to the frequent thefts which have taken place on the Assam Bengal Railway; whether he is aware that this fact, and the recent fires at the jetties at Chittagong, have seriously prejudiced the interests of the planting community and of the public of the province of Eastern Bengal and Assam; and whether he will take steps to prevent a recurrence of the said railway thefts and jetty fires.
§ THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. BUCHANAN,) Perthshire, E.The Local Government are fully alive to the importance of ensuring the security of goods on the Assam Bengal Railway and the jetties at Chittagong, and have now under their consideration the Report of a Committee appointed in March last to consider the question.