§ MR. JONESsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, Whether 1568 the Officers of the Queen's Service who were present at the defence of Lucknow have been allowed to count any extra service for their pension in consequence thereof, and whether the same privilege is to be extended to the Officers of the late Company's Army, who also served at the defence of Lucknow; and whether it is the intention of the Government to mark in any other way their appreciation of their services?
§ SIR CHARLES WOODreplied, that the practice which had been alluded to did not exist in the Queen's service; but the Officers of what was formerly the Company's service had been allowed to count one year's service towards their pension, on account of their services at Lucknow. They had also been allowed twelve months' batta and a special clasp, and he believed that there was scarcely an Officer employed in the defence of Lucknow who had not received brevet rank or the Order of the Bath, in recognition of his services. He might take that opportunity of stating that an account had been received by the last mail of the Delhi prize-money, and the requisite steps would be taken without delay in reference to it.