§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLasked the Secretary of State for India, If he has still reason to believe that the total cost of the expedition from India to Egypt will not exceed one-fourth part of the sum voted for the expedition from this Country?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONI do not think that I myself have ventured to make any calculation as to the relative cost of the Expedition from India to Egypt. I think it was the Secretary of State for War who said that the cost to India might be about one-fourth or one-fifth of that incurred by this country; but I do not think he said that it would not exceed one-fourth of the sum voted for the Expedition. What he did was to compare the relative strength of the two Forces, and to express the opinion that the amount to be charged upon India would be about that stated. I hope shortly to be able to make the Financial Statement with regard to India, and I will then be happy to give any information I may have as to the Indian Expedition. But it is not desirable that I should anticipate that information now.