HC Deb 14 August 1879 vol 249 c981
MR. SHAW LEFEVRE (for Mr. MUNDELLA)

asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, The cause of the delay in furnishing the Return, ordered by this House early in the Session, as to the cost of bringing the Indian Troops to Europe?

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

The information had to be got from India, and that led to some delay. When it arrived it was sent to the War Office, and it has now been prepared, and was laid upon the Table of the House yesterday.