§ 33. Sir JOHN JARDINEasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether any civil officers under the Government of India have been sent to Basra; and if any arrangements have been 396 made for administering civil and criminal justice in that town and the adjacent territory in our military occupation?
§ Mr. CHARLES ROBERTSThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. Provisional arrangements are being made for the administration of civil and criminal justice by non-military courts.