§ SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTEsaid, there were two proposals made in the Budget which required legislation. He wished to ask, Whether these were to be proceeded with, and whether it would be in one Bill? He referred to the arrangements for setting up new annuities, and to the alteration of our arrangements with India with regard to advances made to the Indian Government.
MR. GLADSTONE, in reply, said, that it was intended to proceed with these measures, but probably in separate Bills. With reference to the setting up of new annuities, hon. Members would naturally, and most properly, require to know what arrangements had been made in order to give not only substantial, but evident and visible security to the suitors that were interested in the Chancery Fund. That matter would be carefully considered between the Treasury and the Lord Chancellor, and they would probably lay on the Table, in the form of a short Minute of the Treasury, the information necessary.