MR. POWELL-WILLIAMS (Birmingham. S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether an order for 5,000 galvanised buckets for the use of the British Army in India has recently been placed with an American firm; and, if so, why articles manufactured abroad were in this instance preferred to those made in England.
§ LORD G. HAMILTONNo order for buckets has been placed by the India Office with any American firm.