ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM EDMON-STONEasked the Secretary of State for War, What is proposed to be done with regard to the distribution of Prize Money in connection with the recent Gold Coast Expedition?
MR. GATHORNE HARDY,in reply, said, it was at one time proposed that the prize money taken by the British troops at Coomassie and the indemnity paid by the King of Ashantee should be distributed to the troops as prize money; but to that course there were very great objections; and, as there was great difficulty in making a distribution of prize money, it had been thought better to give 30 days' pay to the forces engaged, which, he believed, would be much more satisfactory to them and much more easy to the War Department.