§ MR. E. R. PACY MOON (St. Pancras, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether he is now able to state what aid the Government of India are willing to give towards constituting and maintaining a nursing staff at the Aden Hospital, in respect of house accommodation and in respect of maintenance?
§ The SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIAArrangements have been made to build and furnish quarters for a nursing staff in the European General Hospital at Aden, the cost being partly met out of donations from the large shipping companies using the port, and from other subscribers. The Admiralty has agreed, subject to certain conditions, to contribute one-fifth of this expenditure, and also a fee for each patient admitted from the Royal Navy. The annual cost of maintenance will be defrayed as far as possible from fees and private contributions; if there be any deficit it will be made good from Aden Port Funds.