§ MR. BRADLAUGH (Northampton)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether he had received any answer to the telegram which he had despatched to India with reference to the Irrawaddy Flotilla?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham), in reply, said, he had received the following telegram from the Viceroy, which he would read:—
Irrawaddy Flotilla Company. Full Report will be sent as soon as possible. It has been ascertained that the charges against ' military' are as follows:—'Freight on stores, 1885–6, Rs.27,000; 1886–7, Rs.2,03,000; 1887–8, Rs.1,95,000; total Rs.4,25,000. Passages—1885–6, Rs.61,000; 1886–7, Rs.14,02,000; 1887–8, Rs.13,03,000; total, Rs.27,66,000. 77 Grand total for three years, Rs. 31,91,000. Payments for Civil services will follow. Despatch follows.'