§ MR. PERCY WYNDHAMsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, If it is true that the Indian Government intend to defray the expenses of Sir James Ontram's funeral; and if the sergeants of the 78th Highlanders, who volunteered to attend at their own cost from Folkestone, and did so, will not have their expenses allowed to them by the Government?
§ SIR CHARLES WOODSir, on the part of the Government, and with the entire concurrence of the Council of India, I may say that we thought it only a tribute due to one of the bravest and most gallant officers who ever entered into any service, and who was distinguished alike in his military and civil capacity, that the expenses, of his funeral should be defrayed out of the public treasury. With regard to the sergeants of the 78th Highlanders, it was a most touching tribute of respect to their old commanding officer that they should have volunteered to come to bear 466 him to his grave; and it certainly ought not to be allowed that they should pay the expenses of their journey; those expenses will therefore be defrayed by the Government.