asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether all liquor shops in Calcutta have been removed from those wards of the city in which the principal colleges and schools are situated; and, if so, can he state whether the removal was due to the action of the authorities or to the action of the owners, and if the former, can he ascertain the grounds for their action?

The matter is one for which responsibility rests with the Governor of Bengal acting with his Ministers, and I have no information on the subject.