§ MR. ONSLOWasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether the list of names of the officers reported in the "Times" of Monday to inquire into the Military Expenditure of India is correct; whether the terms of reference from the Viceroy in Council to the Commission will be submitted to this House before the meeting of the Commission; and, whether it could not be arranged that the expenditure on the Indian Marine should also be inquired into by the same Commission?
§ MR. E. STANHOPE,in reply, said, that the list of names was correct. The terms of the Reference had not yet been received; but when they were there would be no objection to lay them upon the Table of the House. The expenditure on the Indian Marine had been thoroughly considered, and a considerable reduction of expenditure had been recommended.