Dr. RUTHERFORDasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can give the number of appointments in Government employ held by European and Indians, respectively, in 1867 and 1907, under the following grades: Those receiving under 200 rupees a month; those receiving between 200 and 500 rupees a month; those receiving between 500 and 800 rupees a month; and those receiving over 800 rupees a month?
The MASTER of ELIBANKThe Secretary of State is unable to give the figures for 1907, which could only be prepared with great labour, after extensive and minute inquiry; but the hon. Member will find a full comparison and discussion of the figures for the years 1867 and 1903 in a Resolution of the Government of India, dated 24th May, 1904, published in the Gazette of India of 4th June, 1904, which is in the Library of the House.