§ MR. OLIPHANTsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to build fresh barracks for European Troops at Point de Galle?
§ SIR JOHN PAKINGTONreplied, that in consequence of the recent transfer of the Straits Settlements, it was considered necessary that a wing of a European regiment should be settled at that station, and it was intended that barracks should be built for their accommodation. But there was at present a question pending between the colony and the Colonial Office with regard to the proportions in which they should respectively contribute to the expenditure which would thus have to be incurred.