§ Mr. KEIR HARDIEasked the Under-Secretary for India whether, in view of the fact that the Ahmedabad Municipal Commission, as at present constituted, is not an elected body, and therefore cannot be said to be representative of the general population of the district, he will request the Government of Bombay to refrain from complying with the suggestion of the Commission that compulsory vaccination be established in Ahmedabad and delay the matter until the people of Ahmedabad are directly represented by an elected authority?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe application of the Ahmedabad Municipality to the Bombay Government for the extension of the compulsory Vaccination Act to the municipal2062W district was made on the ground of continuous heavy mortality from small-pox. The Bombay Government have extended the Act, and the Secretary of State is not prepared to take any action in the matter.