§ MR. BUCHANANasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether it is a fact, as stated in The Times of Wednesday the 25th, that "orders have been received in India from England to send 3,000 additional camels to the Soudan;" and, if so, whether the cost of these and other camels purchased, and of their transport to the Soudan, will be paid for out of the Indian Exchequer?
§ MR. J. K. CROSSTwo thousand additional camels, making in all 5,000 baggage camels, have been ordered from India for the War Office. None of the expense connected with their purchase, collection, or shipment, will ultimately fall on the Indian Exchequer.