§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) whether any Indians are now being brought from India for any purposes of the local administration apart from the railways; and, if so, whether, in view of the domestic situation, this policy can be discontinued and preference given to locally-trained natives;
(2) whether, in view of the fact that the Uganda Railway has been, and is mainly, staffed from Indians drawn from India, he will state whether there are any Indians of any sort now being brought over from India to East Africa for railway purposes; and, if so, whether, in view of the domestic situation, this policy can he altered and recruitments for the lower grades on the railway confined solely to the natives?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREI am not aware to what extent Indians are being engaged in India for railway or other Government purposes, but it is certain that the efforts which are being made to stimulate the technical training of Africans have not yet progressed so far as to supply a sufficient number of Africans for such posts.