§ MAJOR O'BEIRNEasked the Under Secretary of State for India, with reference to a statement that the Government of India has never required officers coming from India to England on sick 1513 leave to appear before a Medical Board on arrival, If he will state whether orders issued by His Excellency the Commander in Chief of the Bombay Presidency are recognized by the Secretary of State for India in Council; and, if he will explain why the travelling expenses in England of the Paymaster of the 3rd Hussars have been disallowed by the Secretary of State for India in Council, that officer having received an order, dated Bombay, 4th April 1878, directing him to appear before a Medical Board in England?
§ MR. E. STANHOPESir, I am informed that the paymaster referred to was refused his travelling expenses in accordance with the invariable rule of the Government of India, which has never admitted as a charge against Indian Revenues the cost occasioned by an officer's appearing before a Medical Board in London under orders originating solely with the War Office. The Order of the Commander-in-Chief in Bombay was in pursuance of the existing regulation of the War Office, which has since been withdrawn.