§ SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTEsaid, he wished to elicit from the right hon. Gentleman a statement upon a point respecting which there appeared to be some misunderstanding. It was understood that a portion of the China Vote of Credit of last year had not been expended, and therefore it would not be necessary to take any further Vote for the present year, because there remained some £500,000 or £600,000 unexpended, and probably there would be about £500,000 more to be expended. He wished to know whether it was intended to surrender the balance of the old Vote, and take a fresh Vote, or to rely simply upon the balance unexpended? If it was not intended to take any new Vote, it was difficult to understand how that £500,000 could be brought into the 772 expenditure of the coming year, and in that case the expenditure would be half a million less than it now appeared to be.