COLONEL JERVISasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether any reply has yet been made to the letter of His Excellency the Commander in Chief in India, dated Head Quarters, Simla, 9th August, 1875, addressed to the Adjutant General to the Forces, Horse Guards, War Office, London, respecting arrears of pay due to certain officers of Her Majesty's British troops by the Government of India, and as such letter refers to previous communications and concerns a number of officers of high standing in the service, he can explain the cause of so unusual a delay; and, whether he is aware that His Excellency the Commander in Chief in India, by letter dated Simla, 1st April, 1875, Deputy Adjutant General's, Royal Artillery, directed the Commander in Chief of the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras not to forward any further applications, as a reply was shortly expected on the subject from the Horse Guards?
MR. GATHORNE HARDY, in reply,said, that no reply had been made to the letter dated 9th August, 1875, as no decision had yet been received from the 418 India Office to the references made to that Department on the subject of the claims put forward in that letter. Nothing was known in the War Office of the letter dated Simla, April 1, 1875.