§ MR. CREMER (Shoreditch, Haggerston)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India what are the chief causes of the Indian Government's increased expenditure during the first eight months of the financial year, under the head of Military Services, of 100 lakhs in excess of the Budget estimates; have there been any recent savings under that head, or has an estimate been made for an excess during the remaining portion of the year ending with next month; to what unforeseen circumstances is attributable the excess in these eight months under the head of Civil Debts; to what amount beyond the Budget estimate of £18,435,500 for Home Charges have the Secretary of State's drawings on India reached at the present date, and to what purposes are these excess drawings being applied; and what is the present amount of the Secretary of State's cash balances in this country and in India.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. BRODRICK, Surrey, Guildford)May I refer the hon. Member to the Answer which I gave to a similar Question asked by the hon. Member for North Manchester on March 2nd.†