§ MR. HART-DAVIES (Hackney, N.)To ask the Secretary of State for India what were the amounts of the funds transferred to Government when the administration of the Bengal and Bombay Civil Service Provident and Pension Funds was taken over by the Government; and whether a separate account has since been kept of the receipts and disbursements of those funds, or whether they have been merged in the general finances of the Indian Government.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Morley.) The balance of the Bengal and Bombay Funds, at the time of their transfer to the Government amounted (at 2s. a rupee) to £1,908,409 and £815,345 respectively. The receipts and disbursements of the funds since the transfer have been merged in the general finances of the Government of India.