§ Mr. HAZLETONasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the senior assistant professor at the Medical College, Madras, and the senior assistant surgeon at the General Hospital, Madras, are Eurasian military assistant surgeons lent to the civil medical department; whether he can state their medical qualifications and salaries, with the salaries of the civil assistant surgeons under them; and whether it is proposed to open these posts to well-qualified Indians?
The MASTER of ELIBANKIt appears from the Madras Civil List that the two officers mentioned are military assistant surgeons; the Secretary of State has no information as to whether they are Eurasians or as to their medical qualifications; their total emoluments are respectively Rs. 575 and Rs. 255 a month; the civil assistant surgeons in the medical college, who hold appointments of equal rank, draw either Rs. 250 or Rs. 200 a month. As was stated in reply to a question on 2nd March, the Secretary of State has no reason to suppose that duly qualified Indian assistant surgeons will not be held eligible for these posts in the event of vacancies occurring.
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