I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, if the circumstances connected with the bankruptcy of an officer in the Madras Staff Corps, and serving at Madras, have been brought under his notice; and what steps he intended to take with regard to this officer?

answering in the absence of Mr. H. H. Fowler: The Secretary of State has no knowledge of the matter to which the hon. Member's question refers, except from the documents forwarded to him by the hon. Member. He will ask the Government of India to inquire into the matter.