§ MR. LABOUCHERE (Northampton)asked the Secretary of State for War, What number of British troops are now in Egypt; whether any troops, not British, receive British pay, or in any way are chargeable to this country; 1272 and, whether he can give an approximate estimate of the cost, inclusive of everything, of the British troops now in Egypt to this country?
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, WAR DEPARTMENT (Mr. BRODRICK) (Surrey, Guildford)(who replied) said: The British troops in Egypt on the 1st instant numbered 3,395 of all ranks. There are no troops there, who are not British, receiving pay from British Funds. The English officers lent to the Egyptian Army receive pay from. Egypt. The estimated gross charge for the British troops in Egypt is £267,409, of which the sum of £110,000 will be repaid by the Egyptian Government, to cover the extra charge involved by their serving in Egypt.