Bhola District Courts MR. WEIR I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether, in view of the fact that the sub-divisional officer attached to the Bhola district of India is irregular in regard to the holding of courts, and alters arrangements for holding a court without any public notice whatever, much to the inconvenience of suitors and witnesses, he will order an inquiry on the subject, with a view to the adoption of some more satisfactory system of holding courts in this district. MR. CHARLES HOBHOUSE The Secretary of State caused inquiries to be † See(4) Debates, clxxi, 210. made into the statements made in the Question asked by the hon. Member on the 21st February last†as to the alleged un- j punctuality of the sub-divisional officer of Bhola in the Backergunj district, and have ascertained that these allegations wore without foundation, and that the magistrate concerned (who is an Indian) is a zealous and hardworking officer.