§ MR. SLAGG (Burnley)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether it is true, as stated in The Times, that the Government of India contemplate the raising of a special loan to meet the cost of the Frontier defences?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)The Government of India do not propose to raise a special loan in order to meet the cost of the Frontier defences. It has been decided not to impose taxation for this purpose, and hence the Financial Statement shows a deficit in the Budget for 1888–9; but the charge can, according to the Estimate, be met from the cash balances.
§ SIR JOHN GORSTI have not seen the statement in The Times.