§ MR. SCHWANN (Manchester, N.W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether he will state the total amount of money which up to the present time has been paid from the Indian revenues to the Imperial Institute; whether any payment of a similar character is now made from those revenues and to what amount; whether the Indian revenues are charged with any part of the salary of any persons engaged in duties connected with the Imperial Institute; and, if so, what is the amount of such charge.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord G. HAMILTON,) Middlesex, BalingThe total sum paid from Indian revenues to the Imperial Institute up to March 31st, 1902, was £16,911. This represents the aggregate of annual grants made to the Institute since 1891 for the maintenance of the Indian section. The present annual grant is £1,725, but for 1902–3 only £400 additional has been granted to meet exceptional charges. From the annual grant the Institute pays the salaries of the curator and staff of the Indian section, the total amounting to £830 a year. No other charge on account of salaries of persons employed in the Institute falls on Indian revenues.