§ SIR ERSKINE PERRYsaid, he begged to inquire of the Secretary of State for India, Whether he has not received papers relating to the finances of India up to a later date than April, 1857? If the noble Lord could give any returns that had been recently received they might go far to 188 elucidate questions that must soon come under discussion. He also wished to know, Whether it was the intention of the Government to remove the political department for the affairs of India to the west end of the town?
LORD STANLEYsaid, that as to the first question, in the course of the next two months he expected to receive the accounts for 1857–8, and when they arrived they would be laid upon the table of the House. He did not think it expedient to lay the estimates simply for that year on the table, but should have no objection to produce a despatch containing a general summary of the accounts of the year. With respect to the other question, he might say that the site for a building had been selected at the west end of the town for a new India Office; the plans were being drawn, and the building would be proceeded with as rapidly as possible.