Lunæ, 15° die Novembris, 1852.

Ordered, THAT a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the Operation of the Act 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 85, for effecting an Arrangement with the East India Company, and for the better Government of Her Majesty's Indian Territories till the 30th day of April

Ordered, THAT the Committee have power to send for Persons, Papers, and Records. Ordered, THAT Five be the Quorum of the said Committee.

Veneris, 18° die Februarii, 1853.

Ordered, THAT Mr. Wilson be discharged from further attendance on the Committee, and that Lord John Russell, Sir Charles Wood, Sir George Grey, Sir Thomas Maddock, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. John Elliot, and Mr. Lowe be added thereto.

Martis, 22° die Februarii, 1853.

Ordered, THAT Mr. Chichester Fortescue be discharged from further attendance on the Committee, and that Mr. John Fitzgerald be added thereto.

Jovis, 28° die Aprilis, 1853.

Ordered, THAT the Committee have power to Report the Minutes of Evidence taken before them, from time to time, to The House.

Luna, 2o die Maii, 1853.

Ordered, THAT the Report of the Select Committee on Indian Territories of last Session, and copy of the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the same subject (communicated 1st December) be referred to the Committee.

SIXTH REPORT.

THE SELECT COMMITTEE appointed to inquire into the Operation of the Act 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 85, for effecting an Arrangement with the EAST INDIA COMPANY, and for the better Government of Her Majesty's INDIAN TERRITORIES till the 30th day of April 1854, and to whom several Petitions, and the Report of the Committee on Indian Territories of last Session, and also the Report of the Committee of the House of Lords on the same subject, were referred, and who were empowered to Report the MINUTES OF EVIDENCE taken before them, from time to time, to The HOUSE -- HAVE made further progress in the Matters to them referred, and have agreed to the following REPORT:

YOUR

OUR COMMITTEE have taken further Evidence upon the subject referred to their consideration.

They have, in the course of the Session, already made Five Reports of Evidence, and having now examined Witnesses on all the heads into which the inquiry was originally distributed, they have agreed to make a further Report, containing the remainder of the Evidence which has been taken before them.

The late period of the Session to which their examination has been protracted renders it impossible for Your Committee to enter upon that careful consideration of the Evidence which would justify them in reporting their opinion to The House on the important subject with which they have been entrusted.

8 August 1853.

Motion made (Mr. Vernon Smith), "That this Committee, after the examination of the witnesses already summoned, do close their inquiry, and make a further Report of the Evidence to The House," put. Committee divided:

Ayes, 3.

Mr. Newdegate.

Mr. Vernon Smith.

Mr. Spooner.

Noes, 6.

Sir C. Wood.
Mr. Elliot.

Sir R. H. Inglis.
Mr. Hardinge.

Mr. Mangles.

Sir J. W. Hogg.

Mr. Martin further examined.

Rev. Mr. Tucker examined.

Mr. Baring having vacated the Chair,

Motion made (Mr. Hume), and question, "That Sir Charles Wood do take the Chair," put, and agreed to.