§ Captain CARR-GOMMasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office why the firm of A. Forbes and Company is not on the list of the Kip Committee for the supply of kips to the Government; and, having regard to the facts that the members of this firm, which belongs to the London Chamber of Commerce, are all of British birth, that the head of this firm is a recognised expert in the kip trade, and that before the War the firm was the largest shipper of hides from Calcutta to England, whether the Secretary of State for War will take steps to rectify this omission?
§ Mr. FORSTERResponsibility for the composition of the Kip Buying Committee in India rests with the Indian Government and not the War Office.