§ 1. Sir WILLIAM DAVISONasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that parties of soldiers under orders for Egypt have recently been conducted round the galleries of the department of Egyptology at the British Museum; and whether he would be prepared to introduce a system by which candidates selected for the Indian Civil Service and other services in India and military cadets appointed to the Army in India should be required to visit the India Museum, South Kensington, in order to gain some acquaintance with the economic and cultural history of India before proceeding to that country?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Mr. Butler)Arrangements have already been made to give candidates selected for the Indian Civil Service the benefit of lectures on Indian life and culture by lecturers connected with 810 the India Museum. The question whether it is practicable to give similar facilities to others selected here for civil or military service in India is under consideration by my Noble Friend.