§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEasked the Under Secretary of State for India, What is the date of the most recent disbursement made on account of the expenses incurred in the employment of troops, partly dispatched from India, during the operations in Perak in 1875 and the early part of 1876; whether there are still any further payments to be made for those expenses; whether any portion of them have been temporarily defrayed out of the revenues of India; out of what sources such expenses are to be ultimately defrayed; and, whether it is intended to come to Parliament for a money grant to meet the whole or part of those expenses; and, if so, when?
§ MR. E. STANHOPESome disbursements are actually being made at the present time on account of this Expedition for personal allowances to officers and men, and there are still further payments to be made. The claims of the Indian Government against Imperial revenues on account of disbursements in connection with this Ex- 1255 pedition amount to something less than £40,000, but this does not represent the whole cost. These claims have not yet been adjusted with the Colonial Office and the War Office. Some portions of the expenses have, I understand, been already charged against Army Votes; and it is at present impossible to say whether any Supplementary Estimate for the Army charges will be necessary.