asked the Secretary of State for India as to the progress that

Service.		Number of Indians in service in
		1924.	1925.	1926.	1927.	1928.	1929.
Indian Civil Service	…	253	267	286	311	333	367
Indian Police Service	…	79	93	95	105	117	128
Indian Forest Service	…	73	84	89	94	93	93
Indian Service of Engineers	…	308	301	301	304	306	314
Indian Medical Service*	…	150	151	161	163	165	167
*Remarks.—There were 127 Indians on 1st January, 1928, holding temporary commissions in the Indian Medical Service who are not included in these figures.

In the case of the Provincial Services, which have always been recruited locally, no special measures regarding Indianisation were required. On the recommendation of the Lee Commission, the Indian Educational Service, the Indian Agricultural Service, the Indian Veterinary Service and the Indian Forest Service in Burma and Bombay have been placed on a provincial footing.