§ MR. DEEDESsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary of State for India, What is the reason that the Delhi and Lucknow prize money still remains unpaid, and whether he can name any period within which all claims will be met?
MR. T. G. BARINGsaid, that the Delhi and Lucknow prize-money was at present being paid in India. In order that it might be paid to those officers and men who had returned from India, it would be necessary that the Prize Rolls should be sent to this country; they would be forwarded immediately, and the money would then be paid under the terms of the Act of Parliament. The Indian Government had taken steps for having the Rolls prepared in the shortest possible time; and the Commanding Officers of Regiments in India had been directed to send them in within a fornight from the 21st of March last. With respect to those officers whose head-quarters were in India, and who were absent on leave in this country, they would be required to produce certificates that they had not received the money in India.
§ MR. DEEDESsaid, he wished to know whether the receipt of the Prize Rolls would be necessary before payment could be made to those senior officers of the staff who had been for some time in England?
MR. T. G. BARINGsaid, he believed that it would, but he could not at the moment speak positively upon that point.