§ MR. DENMANsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, When the distribution of the Banda and Kirwee Booty is likely to be completed, and how much of it has been already distributed, and which portions of the forces entitled have received their share?
§ SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTEsaid, that according to the General Orders issued in India in May last it was stated that the first instalment of 500 rupees a share was authorized to be paid immediately in India, and that warrants would be issued making it payable in England on the 15th of May. He had been expecting those warrants since by every mail, but they had not yet been received. He could not say how much had been distributed in England, but he hoped to receive full information by the next mail.