§ GENERAL SIR GEORGE BALFOURasked the Secretary of State for India, To mention the amount of the War Expenditure to the latest date, and to what date; and, for a further series of Papers relating to the Military Expenditure of India, and to the issues from the Treasuries for Military purposes?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONA further series of Papers relating to the war expenditure, and the issues from the Treasuries for military purposes, including the Viceroy's telegram, is now presented to the House. The latest estimate of the war expenditure is that contained in the Viceroy's telegram of the 8th of March, which gives the military expenditure proper as 1,930 lakhs of rupees, or, excluding gain from railways and telegraphs, 1,862 lakhs, to the 31st of May, 1881, besides 487 lakhs on the Frontier railways. Converted into sterling, at 1s. 8d. the rupee, these sums are £15,516,000 for military operations, and £4,058,000 for railways, making a total of £19,574,000.