§ 3. Major-General Sir ALFRED KNOXasked the Secretary of State for India whether he can make a statement on the subject of the retrocession to the Mysore durbar of the assigned tract of Bangalore civil and military station, and the attitude of the Government of India on this question?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Sir Samuel Hoare)I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the reply given to the question of the hon. Member for Westhoughton (Mr. Rhys Davies) on 27th February.
§ Sir A. KNOXAre we to understand that there are no negotiations going on with the Government of Mysore about Bangalore?
§ Sir S. HOAREThere are conversations in progress, but I have not yet received any official report about them.
§ Sir A. KNOXAre the negotiations with the idea of inducing Mysore to come into the Federation?
§ Sir S. HOARENo, Sir, it is with a view to settling the question of Bangalore and the Cantonment.