HC Deb 02 May 1862 vol 166 c1129
LORD ROBERT MONTAGU

said, he rose to ask the Secretary of the Treasury, Whether he can give any information regarding an "available balance" due from Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, which has appeared on both debit and credit sides of the financial accounts for the last ten or fifteen years?

MR. PEEL

stated, that it was the balance of a larger debt to the Crown, which was kept on both sides of the account in hopes that, at some time, the property of the bankrupts might be made available for repayment to the Crown.