MR. MUNRO-FERGUSON&c.) (Leith,asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether General Gordon's paper money has been honoured by the Egyptian Government; whether the advances made to General Gordon at Khartoum, by merchants and others, have been repaid to those who have proved their right to receive them; whether the widows and orphans of Egyptian officers, soldiers, and civil employés killed in the Soudan have received the pensions to which they are entitled under the Regulations in force at the time of their death; and, whether the Civil and Military employés, who succeeded in escaping from the Soudan, have been paid the back pay and pensions or gratuities to which they were entilted under the Egyptian Regulations?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)I am informed that all such claim a have been paid. They require, and receive, careful investigation, as many are fraudulently made.