§ MR. ADAMsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for India if he will state the substance of any Communication which he had lately received from the Government of India, regarding the payment of extra batta to the Troops engaged in the Persian War; and whether Her Majesty's Government are prepared to recommend the payment of such batta?
§ SIR CHARLES WOODsaid, it had been agreed to grant a donation for six months' batta in lieu of claims for prize money to the troops engaged in the Persian War, one-half of the extraordinary expenses of which war, according to agreement, was to be paid out of the Indian revenue, and one-half was to be borne by this country. He had applied to his right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for War to know if he was willing to pay his share of this claim for extra batta, and, though he had not received any official answer, he had been apprised that Government had acceded to the proposition, and no time, therefore, would be lost in making a formal grant of batta to the troops engaged in that War, whether by land or sea.