§ MAJOR SEELY (Isle of Wight)On behalf of the hon. Member for the Chippenham Division of Wiltshire, I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he can state the average cost of transporting a soldier from this country to India and back; and also the extra cost of uniform, and in all other particulars, made necessary by the soldier being stationed in India instead of remaining in this country.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. BKODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordThe average cost of transporting a soldier from this country to India and back is, according to an estimate made in 1901, £18; this estimate is at present under revision. According to figures procured from India in May, 1903, the extra cost of a soldier in India varied at that time, according to the branch of the service to which he belonged, between£4 17s. 11d. for an infantry soldier and £8 12s. 9d. for a field artilleryman.
§ MAJOR SEELYPer year or per equipment?
§ MR. BRODRICKPer year.