§ MR. HANBURYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he has yet come to a decision upon the question of the right of the War Office to reduce the forage rations of officers' horses; and whether it is contended that the power to alter or vary the rations by the substitution of equivalents also includes a right to reduce it altogether?
§ * THE SECRETAEY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. E. STANHOPE,) Lincolnshire, HorncastleI hold it to be quite within my power to make an experiment in the reduction of the ration, which is not a personal emolument of the officer's; but if any permanent alterations are deemed necessary a new warrant would certainly be issued.