§ Lieut.-Colonel JAMESasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has received Reports from the Bombay Presidency as to the effect of the agitation against the payment of taxes in the Bombay Taluki; whether he is aware that the villages have been terrorised to such an extent that they are unable or unwilling in any way to assist the Administration; and whether the Secretary of State will make inquiries with a view to recommending that Section 4 of the Bombay Village Police Act, 1867, that makes permissive provision for the welding of district and village police, may be made effective with a view to the maintenance of public security?
§ Earl WINTERTONI invite my hon. and gallant Friend's attention to the full statement on this matter which was circulated with the OFFICIAL REPORT this morning. My Noble Friend thinks it best to leave to the Bombay Government in consultation with the Government of India the discretion to adopt such measures as seem to them best calculated to meet the situation.