§ MR. EASTWICKasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to carry out the recommendation of the Diplomatic Committee of 1871, by transferring the control of our relations with Persia to the India Office; or, if not, by adjusting the payments for the Persian Mission more to the advantage of India?
§ VISCOUNT ENFIELDSir, Lord Granville has given his best consideration to the suggestions of the Committee in regard to the Persian Mission. He cannot, however, concur with the Committee as to placing that Mission under the authority of the Secretary of State for India, nor can he undertake to recommend the Treasury to assent to any arrangement other than that which was deliberately made in the year 1836 for providing the expenditure of the Persian Mission.