§ Mr. SMEATONasked the Under-Secretary of State for India, when the present legal member of the Council of the Viceroy of India is due to retire; and whether Mr. Sinha, the newly-appointed legal member, will enter on his office under conditions differing from, or in addition to, the conditions under which a barrister from this country is appointed to the office?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Mr. Buchanan)Sir Erie Richards' term of office expires on the 17th April, 1909. The conditions under which Mr. Sinha enters on his office are the ordinary conditions of appointment as a member of the Governor-General's Council.