4. Sir J. D. REESasked the Secretary of State for India whether the Selection Board for candidates for the Indian Civil Service has yet been constituted; and whether all the vacancies, amounting to 200, will be filled?
§ Mr. MONTAGUIt has been arranged with the Civil Service Commission that the Selection Board constituted by them for selecting Class 1. clerks for the home Civil Service shall also interview candidates for the I. C.S. and make recommendations regarding them to the Secretary of State in Council. The Board has been constituted and is at work. The process of filling vacancies by selection will be spread over a period of two years.