§ Colonel YATEasked the Secretary of State for India what arrangements are to be made in future for the upkeep of regimental bands in the Indian Army: whether the Government subscription is to be limited to Rs. 100 per mensem, as in the past; whether the bandmasters' pay and housing, the cost of band instruments, and of music, etc., are to be still dependent on subscriptions deducted from the officers' pay; and whether the bands and bandmasters of Indian regiments are to be placed on the same footing as the bands and bandmasters of British regiments in India?
§ Mr. MONTAGUI have no knowledge of any proposal to alter the present arrangements, but I will inquire of the Government of India.