§ Mr. GRIFFITHSasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that indigent Indian patients proceeding to Shillong for anti-rabic treatment are allowed by the Government only the equivalent of 7d. per day, whereas indigent Europeans and Anglo-Indians proceeding to Shillong are allowed the equivalent of 3s. 9d. per day, nearly seven times as much; whether he will state the grounds on which this discrimination as between Indians and Europeans and Anglo-Indians is made; and how the above allowance made to Indian patients compares with the cost of maintenance of criminals in Indian gaols?
§ Earl WINTERTONMy Noble friend has no information regarding the first two parts of the question. The matter is within the discretion of the local authorities. The average daily cost of maintaining a prisoner in India is about 7d.