§ SIR T. SUTHERLAND (Greenock)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that, since the imposition of a military contribution of £100,000 per annum on the Straits Settlements, the annual Revenue of the colony has seriously declined, there being a deficit in 1891 of 772,375 dollars, equivalent to £110,300 sterling, and in 1892 of 627,297 dollars, while the estimates for 1893 show a deficit of over £700,000 dollars; and whether, under these circumstances, the Government will consider the advisability of reducing the said military contribution?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir W. HARCOURT,) DerbyThe matter is under considertion.