Sir SEYMOUR KINGasked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he will state what improvements, if any, were introduced into the conditions of service of the Northern India Salt Revenue Department, in 1900; and whether the principal changes consisted in a reduction of salaries in face of a recommendation by the Public Service Commission to the contrary?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe main effect of the changes made in 1900 in the organisation of the Northern India Salt Department was to improve the pay and prospects of the Assistant Commissioners, for which appointments superintendents are eligible, and of the inspectors, from whose ranks assistant superintendents are to some extent recruited. The pay of superintendents and assistant superintendents was not altered, as the Government of India considered that no case for revision existed. But as five post s in the lowest grades were brought under reduction as not being required, the prospects and average pay of all future assistant, superintendents and superintendents were improved. No salaries were reduced. The recommendation made in 1888 by the Public Service Commission had never been acted upon.