§ COLONEL SYKESsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary of State for India, Whether, as he proposes transferring temporarily the business of the India Office to apartments in the Victoria Hotel, Westminster, he will take into consideration the question of the purchase of the hotel, which contains accommodation for all the departments of the India Office, and the Museum and Library. The rental was, he understood, to be £6,000 a year. The cost of removal to Westminster and back again to the City would be enormous, and the loss would be very considerable.