Advisory Council which it is suggested should be estab- lished
in India. The members of the new Council, which will be "formed for purely consultative purposes," will owe their appointment to the Viceroy. Its numbers will be about sixty, including twenty ruling chiefs and a suitable number of territorial magnates of every province where land- owners of sufficient dignity and status are to be found. The term of office will be five years. Members will be eligible for reappointment. The function of the Council will be purely advisory, and it will deal only with such matters as may be specially referred to it from time to time. The proceedings of the Council will, as a rule, be private, informal, and con- fidential; but provision is made for public conferences on occasions when the Government of India desires to make its motives and intentions better known, to correct misstate- ments, and to remove erroneous impressions.
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