§ SIB HARRY VERNEYsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary of State for India, When the Prize Money due to the Military Forces engaged in the suppression of the Mutiny in India will be paid; whether it has been employed by the Government or lent out for any other purpose; and whether those who have claims to it will receive interest upon the sums due to them? He also desired to know whether it is proposed to give the booty taken at Kirwee to the Army, and, if so, when and where; and whether it is proposed that Sir Hugh Rose's and General Whitelock's Forces shall both participate in it?
§ SIR CHARLES WOODsaid, he could do little more than repeat the answer which he had given upon former occasions to similar questions. It was impossible for him to say when the prize money due for the taking of Delhi and Lucknow would be paid to the army, because that event could not take place until the prize rolls had been made out and transmitted from this country to India. The money had not been employed by the Government or lent 188 out. It was in the treasury of India, and no interest would be paid on all prize property to those to whom prize money was due. The booty taken at Kirwee was to be given to the army; but it was for the Treasury, and not for him to decide whether the forces of Sir Hugh Rose and General Whitelock should participate in the division of that booty.