HC Deb 07 June 1898 vol 58 cc867-8
MR. A. O'CONNOR (Donegal, E.)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether a regiment of Native Infantry from India will permanently reinforce the Mauritius garrison; from what funds the pay and maintenance of the Indian portion of that garrison will be defrayed; and whether the pension and recruiting charges, and other contingent expenses, will be defrayed from the same funds?

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA

The period during which the Native Infantry regiment lately sent from India will stay in the Mauritius is not yet settled, but it is not intended that it should form part of the permanent garrison. All charges for the regiment, ordinary and extraordinary, will be borne by Imperial revenues.