§ 57. Sir J. D. REESasked the Prime Minister whether the Government has any intention of abolishing the rule in regard to the continuous service in India of the Viceroy and Governor-General; and, if so, will he consider the results in loss of life and health and in other respects in past cases of the extension of the normal, though not statutory, period of service in so exacting and exhausting an office of men frequently past the prime of life at the time of their appointment?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative; the second part does not therefore arise.