§ MR. TAVERNER MILLERsaid, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the two battalions of the Royal Marines, now under orders for China, will receive the field allowance and the same pay as that granted to Her Majesty's Troops of the Line when serving in India, should they be employed on shore or on duty?
§ SIR CHARLES WOODsaid, he was not aware that Her Majesty's troops serving in China were to receive the Indian allowance. The position of the marines was precisely that of other marines. They were supernumerary to the ship's complement. They were borne on the ship's books and they would be lauded and employed on shore if there were any need to do so.