MR. ADAMSsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, When the Return with reference to Stipendiary Native Princes of India, for which an Address was moved as unopposed on the 2nd of May last, will he laid upon the Table of the House? He would also beg to ask, if the light hon. Gentleman will lay on the Table a Copy of the Speech of Mr. Laing in bringing forward his Indian Budget?
§ SIR CHARLES WOODsaid, he was sorry be could not say when the Return, 1507 ordered to be made on the 2nd of May, with reference to the Stipendiary Native Princes of India would be laid on the Table. He was, however, as anxious as the hon. Gentleman that it should be printed and given to the world. He must decline to lay upon the Table Mr. Laing's speech on bringing forward the Indian Budget at Calcutta. It was true that Mr. Wilson's speech was laid before the House; but that speech was necessary for the elucidation of public and official documents.