§ COLONEL SYKESsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether, as the dividends upon India Stock hare always been paid upon the sixth of the month on which they become due, and as Consols and Reduced Government Stock are now paid upon the sixth of the months upon which they respectively become due, a day could not be fixed for the payment of furlough and retired pay of Indian Officers, instead of the second Monday of the months which occasionally as in the present month of February, delays the payment until the fourteenth of the month, to the inconvenience of the recipients?
MR. GRANT DUFFSir, in compliance with the suggestion of my hon. and gallant Friend, for which I have to thank him, the furlough and retired pay of Indian officers will be payable here-after on the 8th day of the month following the month to the last day of which the pay is made up. For instance, the three months' pay to the 31st of January will be issued on the 8th of February. Payments to agents will be made, as at present, on the two preceding days.