§ MR. E. ROBERTSON (Dundee)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether there is any objection to lay upon the Table of the House a short Return showing the amounts realised by the Indian Government, since 1857, from movable property belonging to the ex- Sovereigns or Princes of Lucknow, Jhansi, Kirwee, and Mandalay, not distributed as prize money to the troops?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)The Returns of July 5, 1869, and July 23, 1874, give full information respecting the Kirwee and Lucknow prize money. No question has arisen respecting that at Jhansi, which is all distributed; and no distribution of prize money from Mandalay has been made. The Return suggested is therefore, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, inexpedient.