COLONEL DUNNEsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for India When the Prize Money due to the Central India Field Force, under General Sir Hugh Rose, will be distributed? also, when the Prize Money due to the Kirkee Division will be distributed? and whether the amount of Prize Money assigned to each has been decided on?
§ SIR CHARLES WOODsaid, the Question put by the hon. and gallant Member was exactly the same as one which had been addressed to him a few days ago by the hon. Member for Hertford (Sir Minto Farquhar), and he could only give the same reply—namely, that the Delhi and Lucknow prize money would be distributed as soon as the roll of the claimants should have been made out which must be done in India. It was utterly impossible to know 935 what the shares would be till the rolls had been made up, and as soon as the list of those entitled to prize money was completed the distribution would be proceeded with. With regard to the other prize money, a recommendation had been made, by the Committee of Officers which sat on the question, that it should all be thrown together, and distributed among the whole of the force employed, with the exception of those engaged at Delhi and Lucknow. The question had been referred to the Government of India, and their answer had not yet been received.