§ MR. T. R. BUCHANAN (Aberdeenshire, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, whether, in view of his statement of 2nd March, he can now tell the House whether India is to boar any part of the charge for the expenses of the Indian force recently sent to Mombasa?
§ LORD GEORGE HAMILTONAs regards the cost of the employment of Indian troops at Mombasa, Her Majesty's Government do not propose that any charge shall, in connection with their services there, be made on the revenues of India, and therefore, according both to law and precedent, no resolution is necessary to authorise their employment beyond the external frontiers of India. Her Majesty's Government propose that the ordinary pay and allowances of the Indian native troops under orders for Suakin, should continue to be borne by the revenues of Indian, and I will, therefore, give notice of my intention to move a Resolution, in accordance with precedent, to give effect to that decision.
§ MR. BUCHANANWhen will the motion be put upon the Paper?
§ LORD GEORGE HAMILTONVery shortly.
§ * SIR C. DILKEAre we to understand that the ordinary pay is to be borne otherwise than by India?
§ LORD G. HAMILTONNo; there is no charge upon the revenues of India in connection with the employment of that force outside India.
§ * SIR C. DILKEI understood that; but does that mean that the ordinary pay of the troops is not to fall upon India?
§ LORD G. HAMILTONYes.