HC Deb 09 April 1877 vol 233 c772
MR. SERJEANT SIMON

asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is intended to make any special allowances to the Offices and Troops serving in the Straits Settlements during the late outbreak?

MR. GATHORNE HARDY

Sir, it has been arranged that they shall have the same advantages as were enjoyed by the European troops sent to Abyssinia, and application has been made to the India Office to ascertain what those advantages were in order that they may be given to them.