Sir SEYMOUR KINGasked the Under-Secretary of State for India, whether 1608W over 30 prominent military officers of the Indian Political Department have memorialised His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-General of India against the provisions of the scheme of re-organisation of the department introduced on 1st February, 1906, but have received no replies up to date; and, if so, whether any report on the memorials has been submitted to him, and when a reply to the memorialists may be expected?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe Secretary of State has received no information from the Government of India on the subject, but he will inquire.
Sir SEYMOUR KINGasked the Under-Secretary of State for India, in view of the fact that the Secretary of State for India, when provisionally sanctioning the scheme of reorganisation of the Indian Political Department introduced on 1st February, 1906, suggested that the Government of India should submit a report on its working after a reasonable time for trial had elapsed, whether any report has been submitted; and, if not, whether he will request the Government of India to forward one at an early date?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe Secretary of State has not prescribed any period within which the Government of India were to report to him. Communications have passed between him and the Government of India on the subject, and he does not think it necessary to take any further action at present.