DR. RUTHERFORD (Middlesex, Brentford)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that several Europeans and Eurasians have been taken into the provincial branch of the Punjab Education Department within the last year, and that they have been placed over the heads of a number of Indians in the matter of pay and seniority to the detriment of the prospects of the latter; did these Indian gentlemen protest against such treatment; and, if so, with what result.
§ MR. BUCHANANNo record of any such appointments can be found in the official lists received up to the present time. But if the hon. Member can quote specific cases, the Secretary of State will inquire.
§ MR. REESIs it not the fact that the natives of India do not believe in our system of education and are very bad agents for carrying it out?
§ MR. BUCHANANI do not see how that arises out of the Question, The provincial branch is a branch of the service set apart for natives.