§ MR. SIMONDSsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, When the Volunteer Capitation Grant will be paid; and why the annual allowance of Ammunition has not been forwarded to the various Corps which have made application in the regular form?
§ MR. CARDWELLsaid, in reply, that the Volunteer Capitation Grant was in course of payment, and would be paid to Corps applying for it. With regard to the animal allowance of ammunition, the greater proportion of it had already been supplied. Owing to complaints that were made last year, much of the old ammunition had been destroyed; it had, therefore, been necessary to wait until new ammunition could be made; and it was now being distributed as rapidly as it could be made.