§ Mr. AMMONasked the Under-Secretary of State for India if postal officers who have risen in the Department to be postmasters-general have had their salaries retrenched and their prospects diminished, while members of the Indian Civil Service who hold appointments as postmasters-general have been given special higher rates of pay, notwithstanding the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Public Services in India to the contrary; and will he inquire into this matter?
§ Earl WINTERTONAmemorial on this point has been submitted on behalf of the officers concerned to the Government of India for transmission to the Secretary of State. When it has been received with the observations of the Government of India, the Secretary of State will consider the matter.