§ SIR H. COTTONI beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether he is in a position to lay before the House, either in the form of a Return or otherwise, a statement showing the principal items of expenditure, especially in regard to the acquisition of land, the laying down of cantonments, and the construction of barracks, which have been sanctioned for the purpose of reorganising and distributing the Indian Army on the North-West Frontier of India, and are estimated to cost about £9,000,000; and whether he is able to furnish any details of the special measures which have been independently sanctioned for the same purpose, and are estimated to cost a further sum of £2,000,000.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. JOHN MORLEY,) Montrose, BurghsI would refer my hon. friend to the reply given by me on March 22nd † to the hon. Member for the Walworth Division of Newington.