MR. J.K.CROSSasked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether he is yet able to state the intentions of Her Majesty's Government respecting the apportionment of the charges for the cost of the Afghan War; and, whether he can state the amount, if any, which will be charged upon the Home Treasury during the current year?
MR. GLADSTONEI am sorry that I must still make the same reply which I gave to a similar Question a short time ago, and state that our information does not enable us to give any clear account at the present moment of the charges of the Afghan War, and, therefore, does not suffice to raise any question that might be supposed to lie between the Indian and the Home Government. It would be inconvenient to the House that we should produce to the House an authenticated statement liable to be overturned or materially changed by subsequent and more detailed information.