HC Deb 19 October 1899 vol 77 cc235-6
MR. BUCHANAN (Aberdeensire, E.)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether he can undertake that no part of the expenses connected with the despatch and transport of the forces from India to South Africa, or of their pay or maintenance during such service, shall be borne by the Indian revenues.

LORD G. HAMILTON

Yes. Her Majesty's Government have approved of all the charges, both ordinary and extraordinary, being defrayed out of the: British Exchequer.