HC Deb 25 June 1863 vol 171 c1431
COLONEL STAKES

said, he rose to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, How it is intended to appropriate the balance of nearly half a million of dollars of the first Chinese indemnity remaining in the Treasury; and whether any rejected claims will be re-considered.

MR. PEEL

, in reply, said, the question of those claims had been adjudicated upon many years ago, and he did not consider it desirable that they should be re-opened. The balance of the fund was, as stated by the hon. and gallant Member, nearly half a million of dollars. He could not say precisely how it would be appropriated; but most probably it would be applied towards defraying the expenses of the war.