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We may also note in this context that of the

five possible vacancies in the Council of India created by the passing of the Council of India Act, the Secretary of State has filled. three by the appointment of Sir James Digges La Touche, K.C.S.I. (lately Lieutenant-Governor, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh), Mr. Krishna Gobinda Gupta (Member of the Bengal Board of Revenue), and Mr. Saiyid Husain Bilgrami (sometime a Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council). Mr. Morley has thus carried out his intention—a wise one, in our opinion—of placing two natives' of India on the Home Council.