§ 4. Mr. MONTAGUasked the Secretary of State for India whether the head of the Stores Department of the India Office is a civil servant; when he was appointed; whether his predecessor in office was a civil servant; and what is the composition of the Committee of the India Council which deals with the business of the Stores Department?
§ Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe head of the Store Department of the India Office is a civil servant; he was appointed to his; present post in November, 1915. His predecessor in office was a civil servant. The Stores Committee of the India Council consists at the present moment of four members of the Council.